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: "morga paul" <morga_pual@msn.com>
Reply-To: morga_pual11@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 12:11:58 +0000
Subject: NICE TO MEET YOU

FROM: BR MORGA PUAL,
HEAD OF ARCHIVES /RECONCILIATION
BOND BANK NIG. LTD.
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS.
EMAIL:morga_pual00@yahoo.it
TEL:234 8034411822 OR 8028180188
RE: NEXT OF KIN
GOOD DAY,
 
DO NOT BE SURPRISED AT RECEIVING THIS MAIL. I BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS NO HARM IN TRYING SOMEONE TRUSTWORTHY AT HEART. A
NEW RELATIONSHIP WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP ME.
I NEED YOU TO COME AND STAND AS 'NEXT OF KIN' TO MY LATE CLIENT
MR.ONICA VOGUE WHO DIED IN 1999 OF A HEART CONDITION HERE IN
LAGOS. SOME YEARS AGO, MR.ONICA VOGUE MADE A NUMBERED (OR FIXED)
DEPOSIT OF US$18,000,000.00 MILLION IN MY BANK. UNFORTUNATELY, HE
DID
NOT MENTION A NEXT OF KIN IN ANY OF HIS PAPERS WITH US OR
HIS CONTRACTORS - TEXACO OIL. SINCE THEN,THERE HAVE BEEN NO
RESPONSE TO OUR INTERNATIONAL ADVERTORIALS CALLING FOR ANY
RELATIVE TO CONTACT US.
IT IS FIVE YEARS NOW AND STILL NO RESPONCE. THE INTEREST
HAVE ROLLED OVER,BRINGING THE TOTAL CLAIMS TO
US$20,000,000.00MILLION. MY DEPARTMENT HAS THE MANDATE TO
OVERSEE THE INTERNAL CLEARANCE FOR CLAIMS SUCH AS THIS AND
THE FINAL APPROVAL SIGNATURE FOR PAYMENT IS MINE.YOU HAVE
NO RISK. BY LAW,YOU ONLY NEED TO SHOW-UP ONCE BEFORE THE
MONEY WILL BE PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD.
HOWEVER, PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN
US; I WILL TAKE 60%AND YOU: 40% (OR US$8,000,000.00
MILLION).THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO CLAIM THIS MONEY
FAST. I WILL GIVE YOU MORE COMPREHENSIVE DETAIL WHEN YOU REPLY.
THANK YOU.
BR MORGA PUAL

Anti-fraud resources: