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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DANIEL EJERCITO ESTRADA" <danielestrada@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:48:04 +0100
Subject: seeking for your asistance

Dear friend,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for your unreserved assistance in saving my family´s feautur I am DANIEL EJERCITO ESTRADA son of JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA (forma President of Philippines) who was remove inpitched from office as you may know and he´s presently held in detention outside manilla,Philippines.However the current administration of GLORIA AROYYO (The current President of Philippines) have resolved to freeze all known assets of my father JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA including properties at home and abroad presently embarking to seize the various bank accounts of my father in Switzerland,United kingdom and Australia. In fact, the attack on our family is so devastating to an extent of seizing our travelling passport, family accounts, trying some members of our family in court for offences allegedly committed during my father´s time in office and even restrict us from seeing him .

However before my father´s inpitchment from power he deposited the sum of $21m (Twenty one million (u.s) dollars in a bank) in my name, but deu to the present governments attack on my family I can not come forward to claim this fun else the government will size it too and at the moment this is the last hope of financial survival for my family, the bank manager is one of my fathers close and trusted friend and he´s willing to assist in saving the financial feature of his good friend family.

Please if you are willing to help my family here are the proceedures I will give you the contact of the bank so that you will contact them to open an online account where the money will be transfered into from my account being i can not come out in the open to use this money. After you open this account, I will order the bank in a written form to transfer the money into your own Bank account after which you can then transfer it to some other account in your place for sharing.

Upon request by you I can send to you the certificate of deposit of this amount for your assurance. My family are willing to conceed up to 25% of the total sum to you for all the anticipated help from you hoping that it will cover all your expenditures before and after the transaction.

However, we will desire that you will also help us invest our share till we will be free to meet you up in your country for further talks,Please if this proposal is Ok by you write me back via this address so that i can give you all informations.
Please for the safty of my family I plead you kindly keep the deal secret
Best Regards.

DANIEL EJERCITO ESTRADA



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