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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: "Barr. Francis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.franklyn00@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:54:11 +0530
Subject: Business offer

Dear Friend,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be
of great interest to you. I found your contact while doing a private search for a reliable and
capable partner that would assist me to move some funds.

I am Mr. Franklyn Howard from , Houston, Texas. i am the attorney to a deceased client based in
the UK who was a victim of a plane crash, in London, Uk. my client mr. Tony Gonzales left the
amount of $2.300,000 (two million three hundred thousand United States Dollars )in an escrow account
which is still lying there.

I have been waiting to see if somebody will come but i have not heard from anybody and all
my efforts to get response from his home town has failed

I was informed by the bank 2 days ago that if i dont provide a beneficiary to this fund the
money will be put as irrecovery fund and be lost forever. i cannot allow this to happen because
the top managers wants to share this money within themself for thier own interest

I am contacting you so that you can stand as the beneficiary of this fund and have this fund transfeered
to your bank account for a better purpose, i have all the documents that is needed for this transaction to be done succesfully.

I am willing to give you 30% of the total money for your trouble and help. and the rest will be
used to open an ophanage home in the name of Tony Gonzales

Do let me know if you are willing to handle this task and i will inform you on how we can proceed further.

Regards
Barr. Franklyn

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