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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 Johnson <davjohnsonus2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:31:15 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


Dear Sir/Madam



I am contacting you based on trust and confidentiality that you will keep
this as top secret. Don’t be scared or surprised, I am the Bill and
Exchange Manager of a SECURITY AND FINANCE firm and we have an opportunity
to pull out the sum of (15.MILLION) through Diplomatic Baggage System as
you accepting to be the Next of Kin of the account bearer.



I have the courage to look for a reliable and Honest Person who will be
capable for this important business transaction believing that you will
never let me down either now or in Future.



The owner of this account is Andreas Schranner died in the Concorde plane
crash in 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm. Since his
death, the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives
to claim this money but without success, my investigation proved to me as
well that his company does not know anything about this account. I want to
transfer out this fund into a safe business opportunity but I don't know
any helper, I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we
don't know ourselves before, but be sure that it is real and a Genuine
business.



Hope that you will never let me down in this transaction, at the conclusion
of this business, you will be giving 35% of the total amount, 65% will be
for me.

I look forward to your earlier reply by email with your full information
such as. EMAIL: davjohnsonus2@live.com



i)Your Full Name.............................

ii) Your Private Telephone Number............

iii) Your Resident Address.................

iv) A Scan Copy Of Your Passport or Drivers license



Thanks.



David Johnson

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