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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: "David Zabecki" <rtdgendavid@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rtdgendavid@usa.com
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:20:30 +0100
Subject: Re: Greetings from USA



Hello,

Please take your time to read and understand this email as it contains the details of plans and requirements to conclude this venture. Thanks for your time reading to my message Inshallah requesting your assistance. Firstly, let me start by introducing myself. I'm a US Marine military personnel retired attached to the US Military base in Afghanistan, Camp Chapman, near the eastern city of Khost. I have total amount of $12.8Million USD realized from oil and medical proceeds that I need your help to transfer out to you. Most importantly I do not want this money to go through banks around here, It will not be safe for us, I have a very good, trusted and reliable finance firm contact used mostly by our forces, that can send goods easily through diplomatic and private military way, to anywhere in the world, without being checked at any port of entry.
With the help of the finance firm, I can make arrangements with them to deliver the candy (funds) to you in your choice of designated address in your preferred country. A few friends have used this means without being checked because of the diplomatic immunity they enjoy. Their charges are moderate, I will negotiate a way out from this end, till you receive the candy (funds) and I will follow up immediately and meet with you for disbursement after you have received it. I am sure you will know the best way to handle this money (Funds) for us when it gets to you. I will send the total since I can not keep cash on me. But can I trust you? Once the funds get to you, you take your 20% and keep our 80%. Your own part is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent to. Ours is sending it to you. It's just me and a colleague that knows about this transaction from this end, so try and keep this between the parties involved. If you are not capable of handling this huge sum, don't allow me to ship. I can find other means of dealing with it, as we have done everything possible to make this a reality from this end. Don't let me down. I need the following information require by the finance firm to carry out the transfer.

1 Full Name
2 Occupation
3 Nationality
4 Marital Status
5 Contact Address
6 Date of birth
7 Passport Scan Copy
8 Telephone

Confidentiality and absolute secrecy is required from you before we conclude this transaction. Phone conversation is not a safe measure in this endeavor though I will need your phone number needed by the finance firm to contact you. Remember to keep our secret. I can not call you on the phone or receive fax, as I am not always in the office as a result of my operational schedule. Hope you are OK with this? Everything must be done by email. Will you still help? I need your urgent reply in this regard.

Thanks and God bless.

Yours Sincerely,
Gen David T Zabecki Rtd PhD
United State


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