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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: "arlene_t4714@cantv.net" <arlene_t4714@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:07:15 -0430
Subject: In Confidence.

145, General Trias Street,
Dasmarinas Village,
Makati City,
Philippines.

My Dear,
Good day sir. I am Madam Arlene G.O.F.Trillanes I feel safe and constrained to write and contact you and ask for your co-operation because you are a non-Filipino and a neutral person in the internal politics of my country. I am the wife of senator Antonio Trillanes of the Philippines who allegedly involved in the military coup of 29th day of November 2007 and was since then arrested and still being detained by the goverment's security agency.You may wish to update yourself with more news about my husband here (www.worldpress.org/Asia/3007.cfm).

I got your contact in your country's web directory and in my desperate efforts to sneak myself and my two little kids out of the Philippines as my detained husband recently advised me, decided to contact you for a private arrangement in this regard. Though all our family local bank accounts have been frozen and properties confiscated here but we have a means of sustaining ourselves abroad with the savings of the sum of 17.2 million Euros (seventeen million,two hundred thousand Euros only) my husband thoughtfuly concealed in a bank overseas ealier before his problem.

As soon as i get your response assuring me of your willingness to help me, I will give you the details of this deposits abroad and explain to you the step-by-step procedure on how you will stand as my trustee and/or friend/partner to claim the funds with your names on my behalf with my assigned mandate to the holding bank and they will repatriate the money to your country's bank account and/or as you may instruct them, where you will want me to come over to meet you in person thereafter. I know as a man of God you will have mercy on me and my children because our lives are in danger here in the Philippines as we now live under threats.

I wait for your response! Stay blessed.
Madam Arlene Trillanes

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