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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: idris_mohammed8<idris_mohammed8@tatanova.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:18:28 +0530
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED

Dear Friend,
I am mr, Idris Mohammed age 59 years and presently the Senior Accountant

with the Federal Ministry of Finance, federal republic of Nigeria.I have

worked for about 35 years and I will retire by OCTOBER 2004 to start my
own
business.Now, I need your very kind assistance for the
transfer of U.S$50 Million to your account.Introduction: This money was
found
by our Auditors
during our mid year check of the Financial records as an over surplus
having paid all our foreign Contractors for jobs already done. You will

act as thebeneficiary of this money and a percentage of 30% will be yours

compensation for this assistance. This business is safe, risk free and
confidential.My colleagues have trust in me in getting a Foreign Account
for
the transfer of this fund and I intend to use my own share in investing
in
your company, so that after retirement I will not suffer.Send me the
beneficiary?s name, address, telephone /fax number, Bank name, address,
Account number (sort code if any) and copy of your international
passport Reply me now, so that Ican commence the processing of the
documents.I remainSincerely yours,
Mr, Idris mohammed.
please reply to (nwalota@yahoo.com) for security reasons

Anti-fraud resources: