joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgemartinxx2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:26:58 +0300
Subject: GOOD DAY

Greetings,

l know this proposal will come to you as a surprise, but l got your name and contact through British department of Trade and Commerce in London. I'm Martin George the manager Audit & Accounts dept. Zenith Bank Plc, Federal Capital Territory Abuja Nigeria. I am writing to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $6.500.000.00 (Six million, five hundred thousand United States dollars) into your accounts.

The above sum belongs to our deceased customer from your country and bears similar names with you. Who died along with his entire family on auto crash. 2013 and since then the fund has been in a suspense-account.

After my further investigation, I discovered that the deceased died with his next of kin and according to the laws and constitution guiding this banking institution stated that after the expiration of (7) years, if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin, the fund will be channel into national treasury as unclaimed fund. Because of the static of this transaction I want you to stand as the next of kin since you bears similar names, so that our bank will accord you there cognition and have the fund transfer to your account.

The total sum will be shared as follows: 50% for me, 50% for you and expenses incidental occur during the transfer will be incur by both of us. The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow my instruction till the fund transfer to your account. More details with the text of application form will be forwarded to you explaining comprehensively what require of you.

Your Full Name,Your Sex,Your Age,Your Country of Origin, Photo copy of Passport/driving license, Marital Status,Your Occupation,Your Personal Mobile Number, Fax Number.

Please treat as top secret as I'm still serving or still working with the Zenith Bank Plc.

Kind Regards

Martin George
email: georgemartinxx4@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: