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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Steven Kenedith" <finance@stevenkenedith.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:49:17 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENTS.

FROM MY DESK :MR STEVEN KENEDITH
REPLY TO EMAIL : stevenkenedith@plasa.com.

DATE : 30TH AUGUST, 2005


DEAR RESPECTED PARTNER ,

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF
TO YOU. MY NAME IS MR STEVEN KENEDITH. I AM A DIRECTOR IN THE FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF NIGERIA , 57 YEARS OF AGE AND ABOUT TO RETIRE FROM
SERVICE . I AM IN THE OFFICE OF VERIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION.

I WISH TO CONTACT YOU BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT I NEED
SOMEONE IN YOUR POSITION WHO WILL STAND IN AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE SUM OF
US$7 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH RESULTED AS A CONTRACT SUM DUE FOR PAYMENT TO MR
JOHN
DICKSON WHO WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH OUR MINISTRY BUT DIED COUPLE OF MONTHS
AGO. IN MY DAILY DUTY ,I FOUND OUT THAT THE MAN HAS DIED AND NO ONE HAS COME
UP TO CLAIM HIS CONTRACT SUM. MY OFFICE THEREFORE DECIDED TO CANCLE THE
PAYMENT . BUT WITH MY POSITION, I DECIDED TO LOOK OUT FOR A

RELAIBLEPERSON LIKE YOU ,WITH WHOM I CAN DO THIS TRANSACTION SO THAT YOU CAN
STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR DICKSON FOR THE CLAIM OF THE FUNDS. I
SHALL LET YOU KNOW THE LEGAL PROCESS TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE
MADE THE BENEFICAIRY OF THIS FUNDS.

NOTE THAT NO RELATION OF THE MR DICKSON HAS EVER SHOWN UP AND THAT WAS WHY
MY OFFICE DECIDED TO CANCLE THE PAYMENT. PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING AND
READY TO HAVE THIS DONE BY YOU AND I. DO WRITE BACK AND PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS
, DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS .THIS FUND TRANSFER IS 100% RISK FREE AND
CONFIDENTIAL .YOU ARE FREE TO ASK QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION .THANKS FOR
ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION .


WARM REGARDS,

MR STEVEN KENEDITH.
REPLY TO : stevenkenedith@plasa.com


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