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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: "David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure" <lauredavid3@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:23:56 +0000
Subject: THIS MIGHT INTREST YOU PLS READ

>From The Desk Of David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure.
General Auditor Of BANCO SABADELL,MADRID SPAIN.
Ajalvir Carlos Ruiz, 27 esq. Ctra. Daganzo Ajalvir-28864(Madrid Spain)


Private Email: lauredavid66@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure, the general auditor of BANCO
SABADELL,MADRID SPAIN. There is this floating funds which is to the tune of
forty five Million Dollars (45,000,000.00 Dollars) Which as been floating
in this A/C nº 5005874BS1000 since 2000 after the death of the true owner
of the funds Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American who was a private
business man unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife
and only daughter.

You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites below.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

I just came across his file again when I was auditing all the credit
account in BANCO SABADELL, and I find out that nobody as ever come on
behalf of the Late Mr. Morris Thompson as his next of kin to claim the
funds.

And I have been monitoring this account since I discovered this
information. In this case I have concluded to contact you if you are
reliable to execute this transaction with me, then I will instruct you on
how to claim as the next of kin to the late Mr. Morris thompson,so that the
funds could be transfer to your overseas A/C, if only you can co-operate
with me and not to betray me at the end.

For your information the first transfer payment to apply for as the next of
kin should be Twenty million Dollars (20,000,000.00 Dollars) As soon as you
confirm your interest and co-operation I will give you the guide lines on
how you can transact with the bank for the approval of the funds to your
A/C. As soon as everything as been put in place for the transfer I will
apply for an annual leave to obtain a visa to travel to your country for my
share of the funds and the sharing of the funds is 55% for me, 40% for you
and the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during the transaction.

As soon as the transaction is over I will secretly destroy all documents
that will lead to the trace of this transfer and go Back to My Country
Because i have work all my Life in Spain.

As soon as I receive your reply through my Private email: allso send you a
copy of my international passport, and I will advise you on how to go about
the transaction as well as to send you an agreement letter that will bind
the both of us together in case of any future misunderstanding when sharing
the funds.

Call me now with my Private Telephone number
I await your soonest respond.

Thanks.
Mr.David Kvaristo Alonso.Laure.
Auditor General BANCO SABADELL


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