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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: "David Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <helendsr@email.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:37:57 +0200
Subject: Investment partnership

Good Day,

I am David Green with Chase Manhattan Bank, United Kingdom, which is a member of JPMorgan Chase & Co United States of America. This is concerning a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our banks management Seven years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. In the year 2002, the subject matter; came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of £15.000.000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Only), which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf.

This money was invested and profit margins were made during our first few months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at over £5.2 million (Five Million Two Hundred Thousand British Pounds Only) but In mid-2009, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Hong Kong. He directed that I liquidate the funds and deposit it with Winglung Bank. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the latter. The Bank is a specialist private Institution that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake transactions that need immediate access to cash. In August last year we got a call from Winglung Bank informing us about the inactivity of that particular portfolio. I made futile efforts to locate Mr Jonathan Charlotte.. I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of the Bank. Four days la

My proposal:

What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those that occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is £15.000.000.00 (Fifteen Million Pounds Only), which i alone have the full details and they will release the deposit to no one unless he or she has all documentations and proof. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as my Bank is concerned. I now seek your permission to present you as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make you the beneficiary to the funds £15.000.000.00 .I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the release of the deposit to you as the closest surviving person to him. Upon recei

I await your response via my confidential email address:helendsr@email.com

Best Regards

David Green

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