joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Gary James <gary@gary20.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:01:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: CONTACT ME VERY IMPORTANT











Attn: sir/madam,

I am Mr. Gary James; I am a Branch Manager in one of the leading Banks here in Ghana, West Africa.

I will like to do a very brief business with you, there is a dormant
Account In my bank, with a credit balance (usd$10.000.000.00 ten million united
State Dollars which has been dormant for about five years now, on my further Investigation, I Discovered that the owner of this account, a foreigner {Mr. Jason Daniel} who Died five years ago in a motor accident.

What I need from you is to use your name as the beneficiary and next of Kin to the original account owner. Upon this I will then use my position as the Manager to give clearance for onward remittance of this fund into your Designated Bank account.

I will supply you with all the necessary information about the Account, which you will present to the bank through a lawyer (which I will introduce to you), after the bank has Accepted your application, then I will move ahead to destroy every document Associated With this business, and we will go ahead to share this fund at a ratio of 30 and 65 percent, 30% for your services, and 65% for me, the remaining 5% will Be set aside for any expenses incurred during this transaction.

Please your urgent reply is needed so as to stop further contacts, this is for people who know the value of banking system, kindly include your Telephone and Fax numbers.

Please get back to me at my private email: mrgaryjames@aol.co.uk

Thanks

Best regard,

Mr. Gary James.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam