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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 Alex K <fredricklambert1950@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 17:13:06 +0300
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,


I decided to contact you to ask for your assistance in this urgent matter
that requires trust, confidentiality because you might receive this message
in your Inbox,Junk/Spam folder.

You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you don't know
me in person, but for the purpose of introduction,My name is Mr. Fredrick
Lambert. senior Manager of ( Dubai Kenya BANK).
I have a very urgent,confidential and profitable business for both of us
Valued at $25.5 Million (Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
state Dollars). This fund is an excess of what
my branch in which I am the senior manager made as profit last year. I have
already submitted an approved End of the Year 2015 report to my Head Office
and they will never know of this Excess.
I have since then, placed this amount of $25.5 Million (Twenty Five
Million,Five Hundred Thousand United state Dollars) on a SUSPENSE SECURITY
without a beneficiary.

As a senior Manager of the bank,I cannot be directly connected to this
money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this
money as the beneficiary of the funds.
If we could do this together,we shall share this funds 60/40 between us
accordingly and this transaction is 100% risk free,as no-risk involved in
this and this is going to be a direct transaction.
All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

If interested,please write back for more information,while I shall explain
more in details as soon as I get a response from you if you are interested.

Thanks for your kind understanding,awaiting your response!
Best Regards,
Mr. Fredrick Lambert.

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