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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: "philiptaylor" <lotoesp@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: philiptaylor@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 15:10:12 +0200
Subject:

ATTN: DEAR SIR/MADAM

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$ 4.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
I am MR PHILIP TAYLOR, the SON OF THE OUSTED FORMER
PRESIEDENT OF LIBERIA.
SIR, I AM PRESENTLY IN LIBERIA. MY FAMILY AND I NEEDS YOUR HELP TO ASSIST US IN SECURRING SOME FUNDS.

MY FATHER IS IN EXILE FOR SOMETIME NOW, SO WE NEED YOU TO ASSIST US TO USE YOUR NAME TO RECEIVE THE SUM OF (4.5MILLION DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO KNOW THAT IT IS OUR FAMILY MONEY ,THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO USE YOUR NAME TO MAKE THE TRANSFER. ALSO WE FOUND YOUR CONTACT FROM INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AS A TRUSTWORTHY INDIVIDUAL.

THIS FUNDS ARE PRESENTLY DEPOSITED IN BANK OF LIBERIA, SINCE MY FATHER IS IN EXILE,SO WE DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO A WRONG HAND THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE TO GET YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE DIRECTORY AS A TRUSTWORTHY INDIVIDUAL,WE ONLY WANT TO USE YOUR NAME IN THIS TRASACTION AND MY SON WILL MEET WITH YOU AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT TO ASSIST US IN THIS TRASACTION AND I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR THIS TRASACTION BECAUSE IT IS RISK FREE. WE ARE ALSO MAKING ARRAGEMENTS TO TRANSFER THIS FUNDS OUT OF AFRICA INTO ANY FOREIGN ACCONT IN EUROPE.

What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example; your international passport number or you're driving license number, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication /your account information.

As a matter of fact we don't have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance.
EMAIL: PHILIPTAYLOR@ZWALLET.COM <mailto:hsbcbankghana2@yahoo.com>, expecting your immediately response.


FOR THE FAMILY




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