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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: eva james <evajames03@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:14:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTN


DEAR SIR,


WITH DUE RESPECT ,

I am James DESOUZA, i am incharge of foreign deposit records with NAFSS (NORTH ATLANTIC FINANCE AND SECURITIES COMPANY S.A.R.L. LOME TOGO ) with head office in Lome-Togo. my reasons for contacting you is to solicit your assistance in a transaction of mutual
benefit to both parties involve.

the transaction is that We had a foreign client named (Mohamed Kamal Yasser ) who deposited US$11.8million(eleven million eight hundred thousand United States Dollars) with our bank Unfortunately, this client was among the victims ofEGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but, since then we have not had any body to come for the claims as the next of kin to the diseased.

A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the security company . Now,having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showned up! as the next of kin or business associate to the diceased for the past 3years plus, I have removed the file to my private safe.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin or business associate, as every other arrangement has being arranged by me and I am only waiting for a reliable foreigner to enable me move the
funds in his name to a country outside africa .

This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me and every loop holes sealed off. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and
I will furnish you with the full details and what to do concerning this deal.
What you stand to gain in this transaction is 40% for your assistance.
awaiting your most urgent response .



Regards,
James Desouza.




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