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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: "Mark Morison" <markmorison_004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ma_morison122@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:30:57 +0000
Subject: Confidential Message.

>From Mark
Lagos Nigeria.
West Africa.


Confidential Message.

Attn:please

I am writing this mail to you from my residence because of how confidential
it is,this letter contains some confidential materials and should be
delected from your mail box if you are unable to help me out concerning the
proposal.I am the director of international remittance in a bank here in
Lagos Nigeria.

I and my colleagues have an amount of 22million dollars belonging to Gen
Robert Guei who was shot dead together with all his family last September by
the Government soldiers there on an accusation of plotting a failed coup de
etat. This money was 58 million dollars but some have been used in
the>importation of arms by the General until he met the unexpected eath. He
deposited this money in a bank here in Nigeria because of his bilateral
relationship with Nigeria.

I have all the necessary documents involved in the deposition and the
withdrawal of the part of the money and the next of kin was his personal
security guard who also met death. Now I want you to stand as the next of
kin and help us transfer this amount of money out from here.This business is
100% risk free and I will prepare all the documentation and prove the source
of the fund before the transfer.

I want you to know that this business involves I and 2 top officials in our
bank and must not be taken as a joke,I advice you to think very well before
responding because we need a very strong hand in this transaction.

the requested information's bellow mmediately;

(1)Full names.
(2)Contact address.
(3)Telephone and fax numbers.
(4)Location.

Your percentage and other important details will be discussed once I confirm
your kind willingness in helping to the transfer. Please do get back to me
via this email I await your postive response.
My regards,
MARK MORISON


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