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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: richardsteven@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 14:40:58 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ourgent?=




FROM THE DESK OF MR SMITH

AUDITING DEPARTMENT
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

3RD FLOOR.CITYMARK FOUNTAMBRIDGE

EDINBURGH
To: SMITH_BEN2007@yahoo.com





Dear Friend,



I have a proposal for you this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will.



I am 50, and had worked with a bank (one of the Europe leading banks in
Scotland). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years,
which belong to MR. JOHN HUGHES who is now late. After discussing my view
and your profile with my colleagues, they were very much satisfied and I
decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.



When I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals from
this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that none of the family member nor relations of the late
MR. JOHN HUGHES is aware of this account.



This is the story in a nutshell.



Now I want an account overseas where we can transfer this fund. Thereafter,
I have prepared all the documents of this transaction. It is a careful
network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything about
this transaction to ensure every thing will be ok.

The amount is ( 15,000.000.00 million Euros.)



Now My questions are:-



1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can you sponsor this project?
3. Can i give you this trust?
4. What will be your Total commission?



Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.



I will be Expecting your urgent response if you can handle this project.



Respectfully yours,


Thank you RM SMITH













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