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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: paulina mendy <paulina_mendy@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 04:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT THE BANK NOW



My darling sweethart,
I thank you ones again for your kind towards me.I will also like to see you face to face,i like you very much and i want you to know that before i contacted you i
saw your profile that you matched mine and you are the type of man i am looking forward to spend the rest of my life with.I am not going to give your love to any
other man you will satisfy me,so needless of lookingfor another man.
Please i have not told anyone except you and the rev about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since
it is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it.Remember i trust you honey that is why i am giving you all this informations!.My love is for you and you alone,i will
like to hear your voice everytime please,just call the Rev and tell him that you want to speak with me and he will send for me immediately. You can call the
Reverend and ask him the best time to call me.l don't have any private cell phone.
I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my
refugee and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice.status and the laws of this country. In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my $6.5 million
dollars deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin to your account in your country. The contact informations of the bank is as follows, ROYAL BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC Email royalbank1rbsint@rock.com OR royalbank1rbsint@myway.com
Account number BLB745008901546/QB/91/A. The name of the transfer officer is MR Paulson Roman. Telephone number 00447040125835 scoltland. Contact them now on how to transfer the $6.5 million dollars deposited by my late father of which i am the
next of kin.I have mapped out 15% for your assistance and 5% for any expenses that might come up in this transfer.My dear i am glad that God has brought you to see me out from this situation and i promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this money since i am still too young to manage it.As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you
contact the bank so that after the transfer you can send some money from that money for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you in your
country. Awaiting to hear from you soonest!.
Yours forever,
Paulina.




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