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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Ferrero y Garcia Abogados" <susanmchl@lawyer.com>
Reply-To: gabinete_europe@europe.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:29:46 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT INQUIRY

Hello dear,


My name is Suzanne Garcia, an attorney with Ferrero y Garcia Abogados.
Before I proceed, I must first make an apology for this unsolicited letter
to you. I am conscious that this is certainly not a conventional way of
approach to foster a relationship of trust but because of the
circumstances and urgency surrounding this claim. Actually, I got your
contact information through your country’s public records while searching
for a last name similar to my late client, Jorma Törönen, a finnish
business magnate who died in Baghdad, Iraq, on the morning of 22nd March
2004.

Before his death, He deposited the sum of €6.5M (Six Million, Five Hundred
Thousand Euro) with a finance house here in Spain. The finance house has
mandated me to present any family heir/inheritor for the claim before the
fund gets confiscated as an unclaimed fund. So I decided to search for any
of my late client's relative
which has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other
person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his
deposit.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you to
stand as the next of kin to Mr Jorma Törönen so that the fund will be
released to you. With my position as his lawyer, I will prepare every
legal document that will assist your claim, and facilitate the release of
the fund to you.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and legal. There is no atom
of risk in connection to this business as I have worked out all modalities
to complete the transaction successfully. Once the fund is released to
you, we shall share
it in the ratio of 60% for me, 30% for you as your benefit and 10% for
any expenses involved in the process of this transaction.
Kindly send your response to my private email address:
susanmchl@lawyer.com or you can also call me for further clarifications
on Tel: +34-672-520-255. I look forward to your reply if you are willing
to collaborate with me.

Kindest Regards,

Barr Suzanne Garcia





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