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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: carolinefortune@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:25:14 +0100
Subject: Attn:The President/C.E.O

From:Fortune/Caroline Colman

May this mail find you happiness and peace in your life.

I am Fortune and my younger sister called caroline colman of the same parents
from Sierre-Leone country .we lostour parent and our late father Dr Phillip
Colman made a deposit of moneywith a bank here in a fixed deposit and the
amount is USD10M dollarson a bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

We are presently in Abidjan where the money was been deposited and I have
the documents backing up the money at the bank for your claims and our late
father told us incase if he died that we should look for
someone who has a legitimate bank account abroad to help us claim the money
as we are young ones,We have the ID Card issued us from the United Nation
here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire on our arrival as refugess and these will
serves you as a proof of who we ARE.

We believe you as an advanced person that you will not betray the trust
we impose on you at the end of the transfer into your personal bank account.

Please we need you to send to us the followings,
1.your full Name.

2.Your private phone and fax number

3.Your banking information

All this i will submit to the bank for the transfer of the money to your
bank account which you are going to send.


Bear in mind that this transaction remains confindential to yourself alone.


Based on this we contacted you for an assistance,So that we can front you
as the beneficiary of the deposited money USD$10M to the bank so that you
can have contacts with the bank for the bank to make the transfer into the
account you are going to nominate.


10% of the total sum will be offered to you for your assistance, while 2%
will be set aside for any expenses that might arise during the transfer.

Thanks and remaine bless.

Waiting for your urgent reply

Yours sincerely ones.

Fortune/caroline Colman.



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