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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "jafer mohamed" <jafermohamed@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 09:24:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED

FROM:MR JAFER MOHAMED
JOHANESSBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
Phone: 27-83-533-1011 
EMAIL:jafermohamed@hotmail.com
 
ATTEN:
This few words of mine may come to you as a surprise but I beg your audience to introduce my self. My name is Mr. JAFER MOHAMED a South African citizen. I am working with amalgamated bank of South Africa (ABSA) as a computer analyst and a programmer.
 
My position in the bank gives me access to the banks central computer where I can install or delete information.
 
During the last auditing in our bank, I was saddled with the responsibility of assisting the banks auditors in the operating of the computers. Suddenly I discovered that an account was created in the bank in the year 1980 and since the year 1990, the account has been dormant. The credit balance in the account is to the tune of twenty five million United States dollars (US$25M).
 
After conducting a secret investigation on my own based on the information in the system, I found out that the owner of the account was a foreigner and an engineer that was working with Anglo –Dutch gold Mining Corporation who died in an air crash while on a tour to panama. Since after his
death, no one has come to lay claims to the account as the next of kin.
 
In view of this, I would want you to join hands with me,so that we can transfer this fund out of our bank. As somebody who has access to the banks central computer, I will manipulate and authenticate some information in the system so that your name will appear in our system as the beneficiary next of kin to the late Engineer.
 
Please bear it in mind that I am only contacting you because I can only lay claim  to this fund through a surrogate and also because the fund can only be aproved  to a foreigner since the account is a non-resident dollar account.
 
All other relevant information needed for the claims, such as the account name and number will be given to you if you accept to work with me.
 
Therefore,  if you are interested in doing this transaction with me, kindly reach me through this e-mail address or contact me through my mobile telephone number so that I can furnish you with more details on how we can proceed. However, if you wish to call me, please do call me as from 16:00hrs universal time. By then, I would have signed off from office.
 
Your percentage will be negotiated when interest is shown.
 
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
 
Best wishes
JAFER MOHAMED
 


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