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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: "Vincent Young Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vincentyoungesq@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:48:24 +0800
Subject: Re:

Hello Friend,

First, let me introduce myself once more, I am Vincent Young Esq . I am married and a father of two children. I am a senior advocate here in Malaysia. My jurisdiction is Civil Law and Property Consultant.

Though my proposition was rather self-explanatory but for purpose of clarity, let me use this medium to further brief you, particularly on the modes of actualizing this laudable project. My contacting you does not suggest that you are biologically related to the deceased,i will fix up your name as the next of kin as the lawyer to convince the Bank that a relationship exist between the two of you by extension of family lineage, the death certificate and other documents regarding this transaction will be sent to you in due time.and all i have been avoiding is all about scam in the in ternate

Since the death of my client, all the efforts of the bank to locate a beneficiary failed, this is the reason they contacted me to trace his relatives. This is a clean deal. There is no risk to this transaction, as we will process all the required documents by Law for a beneficiary claim. There is no other living relative, Actually, my client was born by two migrant workers that came to Asian,s in the 60`s. In this transaction, we will go step by step, first with the legal documents to back up the claim and secondly, the monetary documents for the transfer. I am therefore counting on your co-operation to make this work out. I am very optimistic we can pull this through with your support.

Yours Truly,

Vincent Young Esq

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