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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: "HARRIS" <y_q_associates@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: earthlingchamber@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:09:33 +0100
Subject: URGENTLY NEEDED

Good day Dear Friend,
It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed to
get in
touch with anybody who knew Mr.Morris Thompson .I am
Barr.Harris Keith
of Y.Q.Associates UK .A British citizen and Barrister
at law and the personal attorney to Mr.Morris Thompson 61
years,of Fairbanks, Alaska America who died on January
31st 2000 with Alaska
Airlines Flight 261.You can as well confirm it by
yourself through under
stated Website of the incident
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
if you want to know more about the man himself, you
can check
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
As the fund has been dormant in his account with this
Bank without any claim
of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation because he
did not indicate any next of kin to this account
incase of death such as
these.
My client made a deposit of Fifteen Million, US.Dollars (15
Million US
Dollars) with a fund deposit company , while working as an
oil
company contractor in west Africa .He contracted me to be
his
attorney just a year before his untimely death.
Since then, there had not been any trace of claim from any
person as
the fund remains dormant in his account with his bank.
Ever since I have been trying to locate any his relatives
to come
forward and make this claim , but to no avail.
Right now,the deposit has exceeded its deposit time and
terms without
being serviced ,the bank will either liquidate the fund or
it will be
converted by a top official to his private use. Right now
as i can
not find the actuall relatives to my client i seek your
help in the
transfar of this deposit to your possession since you are a foriegner
on
like
my client ,i can not take the money my self as
iam the
pesonal attorney and this will raise an eye brow it will be
easier to
use a foriegner and transfer the fund. i have all documents
a
concerning this transaction and will stand as your personal
attorney
on this transaction, i asure you it is 100% risk free.
I do not want the money to be forfeited or liquidated by
government
or the financial institution involved, as I expect to
benefit from the
money also. we will share this money on the success of this
transaction 40 -50 (40% will be for you and 50% for me, 10%
will be
used to reinburse any exepenses that maybe incured during
the
transfer .
if you wish to help please reply back via this email
(earthlingchamber@netscape.net)
Do consider this and get back to me.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Barr.Harris Keith,
Principal Attorney,
Y.Q.Associates UK.




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