joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: <chief.graham@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:29:21 -0700
Subject: Authentic Transfer Information From Acc No:0120648635800

No 13 VS2
Cethswayo Estate
Opst.Cresent lAV Road
Generation-South Africa.
Reply to this Email{chief_graham0007@hotmail.com}


Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr Graham Jack from South Africa.I am 54
years old and happily married with three lovely children.A banker by
profession and also a christian by religion.

I dont know you,but I got your email contact from my web directories
and decided to contact you in due time for your permission and
kind help before proceeding.My aim of writing to you this business letteris based on the fact that i want to invest what i recently discovered in my bank in your country which involves a lot of money($26 million United States dollars cash) which belonged to late Mr.Frankline Sullivan an American with account number 0120648635800 and this is why i have contacted you as a stranger so as to be sure this money leaves the shores of my country in Africa for good.As an assistant,i propose 35% to you.

It is not really my policy to discuss the nature of my business
online on the first day till you show interest in this deal.Please feel free to get back to me for further details as i await your reply in earnest.

Regards,
Graham Jack(Chief)

Anti-fraud resources: