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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: MR JHORGE <jhorge.james@gmail.com>
Reply-To: MR JHORGE <jhorge.james@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 08:58:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GREETINGS FROM MR JHORGE


Greetings to you and your family.My name is Mr,Jhorge james, the director general with the bank, AfricaDevelop bank (ADB) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in West Africa. I amcontacting you to seek our honesty and sincere cooperation in confidentialmanner to transfer the sum of 10.5 (Ten million five hundred thousandDollars) to your existing or new bank account.
This money belongs to one of our bank client, a Libyan oil exporter who wasworking with the former Libyan government; I learn t that he was killed bythe revolutionary forces since October 2011. Our bank is planning totransfer this entire fund into the government public treasury as unclaimedfund if nobody comes to claim the money from our bank after four yearswithout account activities by December 2014.
We did not know each other before, but due to the fact that the deceased isa foreigner, the bank will welcome any claim from a foreigner without anysuspect, that is why I decided to look for someone whim I can trust to comeand claim the fund from our bank.
I will endorse your name in the deceased client file here in my office whichwill indicate to that the deceased is your legal joint accountbusiness partner or family member next of kin to the deceased andofficially the bank will transfer the fund to your bank account withinseven working days inaccordance to our banking inheritance rules and fund claim regulation.
I will share 40% for you and 60% for me after the fund is transferred toyour bank account, we need to act fast to complete this transaction withinseven days. I will come to your country to collect my share after the fundis transferred to your bank account in your country. I hope that you willnot disappoint me after the fund is transferred to your bank account in yourcountry.
Please I want you to send me your private phone number so that I can callyou to discuss more details on how we can proceed on this project
Waiting for your urgent response todayYours sincerely
(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).1) Your Full Name,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2) Your Age,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3) Marital Status,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4) Your Cell Phone Number,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5) Your Fax Number,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6) Your Country,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7) Your Occupation,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8) Sex,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 9) Your Religion,,,,,,,,,


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