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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: Drcharles Charles <charles.drcharles@personal.ro>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:18:24 +0200
Subject: RESPONSE URGENT,


Dear Sir,
We want to transfer to overseas (+ACQ- $55.000.000.00 euro) Fifty five
million
Euro only) from a Bank in Europe, I want to ask you to quietly look for
a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide
either an
existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to
receive this
money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as
you will
remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting
in you
and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in
future.
I am Dr.O.Charles Auditor General of a bank in Europe, during the
course of our
auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank
in 1999
and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through
some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the
account died
without a +AFs-heir+AF0- hence the money is floating and if I do not
remit this
money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Katsunosuki Yuifum Bussho is a Japanese
citizen who perished with other 147 passengers in EGYPTIAN Boeing 737
PLANE
CRASH into the red sea. Visit for further detail:
{http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3365721.stm}
An Inheritance like this nature, what will make it crime is if you did
not
follow the Rules, Laws/Procedures of an INTERNATIONAL INHERITANCE and
as
such I have made a master plan on how this business should be followed.
If you
are serious and capable to do this business with me, and you know that
you will
never, never ever betray me now or in the future let me know so that I
will
give you the full transaction details, already a perfect arrangement is
in
place, planed and marshaled out for a smooth sound successful
transaction that both parties will be joyful and proud of at the end.
If you
are truly serious like I said send me first the follows;
{1} Your correct bank account information where you
will like the fund to be transferred to.
(2.) Your full Name and Address,
(3.) Your private phone and fax numbers both home and
office for easy communication.
{4} Your brief life biography.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my private
email ..........drcharles_o_charles@yahoo.ca

Yours sincerely,

Dr O.Charles.








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