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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: FDSC UK <fdscuk150@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 04:17:58 -0800
Subject: RE: URGENT INFORMATION/ NOTICE FROM JONATHAN WITTER

Jonathan Witter
PH: +447024013366
Reply to: xf46@live.com

Dear Esteem friend,



Good day to you, I have resolved to reach out to you through this
medium after tracing your contact information over the internet with
your name. For some time now, we have been trying to contact you
through the phone number and email address provided in my late
father’s diary, but without any success. PLEASE IF THIS MESSAGE HAS
REACHED YOU IN ERROR, PLS ACKNOWLEDGE.


I am writing to inform you that my father your acquaintance and
business partner, Mr. Leon Witter has just died of Cardiac Arrest last
month. I was going through his belongings and discovered a diary with
details, which reveal that my late father had a profitable business
transaction with you, which the proceeds, (funds) are presently placed
in care of a financial Holding in both your names.



And with the death of my father you are the only person that can
collect this money as his named co-beneficiary. Since my discovery, I
have been in contact with the financial Holding Company and to try to
claim this funds but I was informed that the safe deposit box can ONLY
be released to your good self in the absence of my father who is now
late. And this leaves you as the
only one that can repatriate and reclaim this money from the financial
Holding Company.



I have made this known to my family and we expect and hope that you
will try your best to claim the USD$10 million stated in my late
father’s diary from the financial Holding Company Agent and be kind
enough as to give us my late father’s entitlement and share of this
money. We are in a very terrible financial state now with bill owed
prior to my father’s death and we sincerely hope and pray that you
will collect the proceeds of your transaction with our father and
assist us by releasing his share to us.



We are presently in London and we can provide you with the contact
Information of the financial agent to enable you establish contact
with the company holding the funds. It is obvious that you are the
only person that can claim this money, please provide us with your
complete contact
information to facilitate our easy communication and you can reach us
on phone: +44 7024013366 anytime of the day.



We pray that God almighty will guide and protect you. It is a real
blessing that we have come to discover information about your business
with my late father.



Yours,



Jonathan Witter
PH: +447024013366

For the family (son)

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