joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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: "jacob benard" <jcob_350@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:25:04 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL#

FROM: DR FRANK JECOB
SANDTON CITY,JOHANNESBURG
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL; 27-7-3250-2970


ATTN: PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR


Please excuse my personnel approach. I am a principal accountant with the
Department of works and Housing in the Republic of South Africa. I am
wondering if perhaps you Might consent to assist me in a highly pressing
financial Transfer requiring speed and confidentiality.

My colleagues and I have arranged to transfer to a nominated foreign bank
account the sum of
USD$85.5Million Dollars from over-invoicing of a capital project (contract)
and supply to our
department. Up till now, payments for foreign contractors and suppliers are
dispatched to
nominated foreign bank account beneficiaries through an operational
structure that my colleagues and I occupy.

However, for obvious reasons we cannot present ourselves or use our personal
bank accounts as
beneficiaries of this said amount because we are public servants and are
prohibited from operating or
transferring large funds through our private bank account. Therefore, I was
entrusted with the task of transferring the money to an overseas bank
account for privacy and investment purposes.

I would deeply oblige you to kindly present yourself, if you can on our
behalf as the beneficiary of the USD85.5 Million Dollars. We have taken the
necessary precaution in securing all documentation with regards to a safe
transaction to avoid suspicion and unnecessary delays, and we are anxious to
transfer the money out of an Escrow account to avoid detection of the
anomaly. I decided to contact you with the hope that your background
presents an ideal candidate to trust with a transaction of this magnitude.

If you should decide to assist us; it is our intention to let you have 30%
of the total money transferred into your bank account, while 5% will be set
aside as refund for any outlays or expenses incurred in executing the
transfer.

However, I need the following information to enable me create a file for in
our department as the
beneficiary, and to demand for payment with your account particulars.

1. Your Current Bank Details or Company Account Details.

2 Full Names and Address of Beneficiary.

3.Telephone/Fax numbers (private/office).

Please, Note that this is strictly private and confidential transaction and
we expect you to respect
its anonymity. You can always contact me on the e-mail address or the above
telephone line. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards

Dr Fred Jacob.
( principal co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam