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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: "MARTIN OFURUM" <martinesq1@msn.com>
Reply-To: martin212@i12.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:37:29 +0000
Subject: REQUEST.

Compliment of the day.

I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of my
Deceasesd Client who died in a car crash on the August 21.The reason for
this is to inherit a Contracts Payment Deposits Account of $6.5 million of
which the Deceased left in a Finance
Firm.


Consequently, having gone through to your profile on Internet, I want you to
please assist me to inherit the fund into your Account. This request emerged
last week when the Finance Firm contacted me for the attention of my
Deceases Client (perhaps for one reason or the other they have tried to
contact him and was unsuccessful).



However, thereupon I announced his death and protocols observed, I was
mandated(as the deceased's attorney)to provide the Next of Kin to inherit
the Deposits or they will freeze it as Unclaimed Deposit.


Unfortunately, and unknown to the Finance Firm, the Next of Kin was among
the dead in the car crash. But rather leaving the Deposits/Account frozen
hence I seek your help to claim the fund into your Account as you share same
names with

the Next of Kin and I have the required Information to execute the
transaction under legal process.


Please contact me for further information and commencement of the
transaction,and I need your full mailing address,your direct telephone
number/Fax number,for this transaction to commence successfully.
Be informed that your compensation will be 40% of this fund,while 60% will
be my share.

Please it is only trust and honesty to ourself will make this claim to work
out

accordingly,and success will be our achievement at the end of this
transaction. Reply through my private email address :(martinesq@i12.com)


Yours faithfully,


Martin Ofurum


Ofurum& Associates
18 Elias close Victoria Island, Lagos
Tel:234-1-4774311.
Email martinesq@i12.com



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