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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: "Mr. (macial duku)" <macial_duku@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:51:12 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

From Mr. (macial duku)
International
operation department in a Local Bank here in South
Africa. On a routine inspection I discovered a dorman
Direct Tel:
Alternative Email: macial_duku@yahoo.ca

ACCOUNT PROVISION ON $36 M USD
Hello,
My name is Mr.macial dukuI work in the International
operation department in a Local Bank here in South
Africa. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant
domiciliary account with a Balance of $36,000,000
(Thirty Six Million USD) on further discreet
investigation, I also discovered that the account
holder has long since passed away (dead) leaving no
beneficiary to the account. The bank will approve this
money to any foreigner because the former operator of
the a/c is a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and
I am certainly sure that he is dead, and nobody will
come again for the claim of this money A foreigner can
only claim this money with legal claims to the account
Holder; therefore I need your cooperation in this
transaction.
I will provide the necessary information needed in
order to claim this money, But you will need to open
an account where this can be transferred. If
interested send your private Telephone No. And Fax
number including full details of the account to be
used for the Deposit I wish for utmost confidentiality
in handling this transaction as my job and the future
of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached.
I want to assure you that the transaction is without
risk if due process is followed accordingly. Finally,
I will give you 25% for your corporation.
I look forward to a favourable response
Yours
God Bless
macial duku
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
macial_duku@yahoo.ca









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