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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: "Captain James Kirk" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <t.kirkc@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:01:25 +0100
Subject: Re: Thanks for your Update

Dear Friend,

Thanks for your mail and for accepting my offer. I apologize for my late reply;it's due to my duty here. Since your last email to me on the month of August, I couldn't reply back because my troops were camping at the road to the Turkmenistan border, Afghanistan that makes it difficult for me to check my mail.

I have finally secured the money as being agreed and have every proof of this transaction only what I need is your assistance to transfer the fund to your personal Bank Account. I am ready now to transfer the money to your Bank Account. All I need is your correct Bank Account Details to enable me start transferring the funds immediately and Your Personal Contact Telephone Number for easy communication as I cannot leave Afghanistan because of the nature of my work.

I will transfer the Money with the HSBC Bank . They do International Transfer. I will not transfer the $10,500,000.00 at once to your Bank Account, I will be transferring the fund Bit by Bit $500,000 each transfer for security reasons. I will inform you on what to do when i finally transferred the money into your Bank Account.

Please do not disclose this deal to anybody as to protect my duty. I attached my picture and picture of the Money for your confirmation and documentation.

Remember, your share still remains the same 20% out of the total amount of the money. The total amount of the money is $10,500,000.00 {Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars }.

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible to enable me proceed on the transfer.


Best Regard,

Capt.James Kirk
US Army Peacekeeping,
Counter Insurgency Training Center Afghanistan at Camp Julien, Kabul

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