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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: "Mrs. Sindy M Alarcon" <sindymarida@outlook.com>
Reply-To: sindymaria@aol.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:15:15 -0000
Subject: FROM MRS. SINDY( Pls,Contact My Husband Immediately)




Good Day,

I am Mrs. Sindy Maria Alarcon; I am the Administrative manager at a vault
of a financial & security Institute here in Madrid. I am contacting you
based on a financial opportunity I discovered here in our Bank. It's about
an abandoned sum of 12.9m Us dollars (Twelve million nine hundred thousand
United State dollars) in our safety deposit vault, that belongs to one of
our foreign customers an international businessman, a citizen of your
country that share the same surname with you, who died along with his
entire family on the 11th march 2006 in a ghastly car accident in Porto
Portugal.

The banking policy can only allow the release of such funds to a
benefactor through an application as next of kin to the deceased. After
his death, the bank has been expecting a possible beneficiary, but no
luck, this institute has exploited all its ethical possibilities in other
to contact his possible relation or inheritor, but no success. Since no
one has come up since six years, I have made my own research with the help
of private investigator, it is my knowledge that this man has been living
in Barcelona for the past 19 years and has never returned back home. I
also learn that his wife and 7 year old daughter died with him during this
accident. I am almost 110% sure that no one is aware of the existence of
these funds. However, because of the international financial crises, a lot
of reform has been made within the Spanish financial system; this includes
the new law on succession/claims which indicates a duration in which such
inheritance could be tolerated.

The Bank of Spain has mandated our institute to release the funds to the
inheritor, Failure to respond to this ultimatum would legally allow the
Bank of Spain confiscate these funds as unclaimed estate (Which of course
would go straight to the Government's pocket). It is therefore upon this
entire discovery that I have decided to contact you. I want you to know
that I am a senior member of this office. As an insider, I am equipped
with all classified secret information regarding the release of these
funds. I would be dedicated to making sure that I feed you with all
possible documentation and information required for the approval and
release of these funds.

Upon your acceptance to cooperate, I agree that 30% of this money will be
for you, 60% for me and 10% goes to any acceptable charity organization in
Spain or your country. Please note that I have ONLY discussed this with my
husband. For time difference and confidential reasons, I strongly advice
that you communicate with me via my husband's contact details as follows:
Mr. Francisco R Mark Tel: +34-634 078 531 Email:
franciscogmark@outlook.com this should be done firstly phone. Immediately
you get in touch with him, I would be able to inform you on how this could
be concluded.

In conclusion, it's my concern to demand your ultimate honesty,
co-operation and confidentiality to enable us conclude this transaction.
Please keep this very confidential and do not discuss it with anybody. I
GUARANTEE that this process would be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that would legally protect you from any breach of law.

Mrs. Sindy M. Alarcon
Email: sindymaria@aol.com

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