joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Dezoken <barristerdezoken@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:37:18 -0800
Subject: reply soon

Dear Sir\madam
I decided to contact you directly to discuss the following proposal, which
I'm certain that will mutually benefit us. Please note that this message is
Private & Confidential and does not infringe on anybody's right, if you do
not want to receive further e-mails from me, do not reply. My name is
Joseph dezoken of Ashanti regional of the
SG-SSB Bank. I do not want problems but I just hope you can assist me.


I am in control of two million, eight hundred and
fifty thousand US dollars ($2,850,000.00) and I
realized the excess profit from a contract that was
awarded to a foreign company here in Ghana by the
World Health organization to supply ante-natal and
post-natal drugs to rural areas in Ghana and other
West African countries.



This said money for the supply
of drugs was first deposited to the Bank where I work.
With my position as manager, I trade with the
money in Ghana stock market before the contractors
withdrew the money for the said purpose. I deposited
the profit I made on Escrow call account and I did not
declare this to my head office.

Iam disclosing this issue to you, because i want you to stand as the
beneficiary of this
fund because as the regional assistant manager I don't have to
be involved with this kind of amount of money. I can
move this money to offshore where ever you have good account to receive
it but can I rely trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your
country
and pick it up myself and you deduct 25% of the money
as your commission.

All I need is for you to get me a good current account
in your bank where I can move this money. There are
practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to
bank transfer. I hope you understand my situation.

Thank you and God bless.

Joseph Dezoken

+233-236154073

Anti-fraud resources: