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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: Dular B Lavis <dularlavis100@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 08:13:19 +0000
Subject: Atten..........

Dear Friend,

I am sorry for this interruption. I have no other way to reach you
than these ways if the contents here under are contrary to your moral
ethics. Please accept my apology, but please treat with absolute
secrecy and personal.

With due regards, my name is Dular Bil Lavis,a banker by profession in
Kingdom of Burkina Faso and currently holding the post of Director
Auditing and Accounts unit of my bank.

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1998 by a long-time
client of our bank,a national of Asia country. He was a CEO/a textile
company owner, business man , he was also a geologist and a mining
consultant to several other mining conglomerates operating in Burkina
Faso, china, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in Asia.

Before he passed away by Helicopter Crash with his wife and two
children, leaving nobody as the representative of his account after
his death. The amount in this account is currently $10,200.000.00 USD.
I want to present you as the representative I will use my position and
influence in our bank to make sure they release this money to you for
us to share.

Yours Sincerely
Dular Bil Lavis.

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