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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: "jeffrey rice" <jeffreyrice_1@msn.com>
Reply-To: jrice_esq1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:59:11 +0000
Subject: contact jeffrey urgently

VERY URGENT

I am jeffrey rice, a private aid to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a russian based
billionian. I am from United Kingdom. Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested on
October 25, 2003 on charges of forgery, fraud and tax evasion which i know
were fiticiously framed to the best of my knowledge. His arrest was
politically motivated and now, Mikhail was sentenced to nine years in jail.
Before Mikhail was sentenced, APCO's Simon Whitehead in UK organised a
media event for Khodorkovsky's defence and for the Attorney to plead on
behalf of his client but unfortunately the case went on and Mikhail was
jailed.

I am contacting you for a deal with me. Mikhail Khodorkovsky has some huge
amount of United States Dollars deposited with a Fiduciary company which
was meant for future investment and for charity under my supervision. I have
the deposit certificate. The funds are in excess of $13.2m USD.(Thirteen
million, Two hundred thousand United State Dollars) The details of the
deposit is not known to the fiduciary company's entire management but to
just me. As a result of Mikhail Khodorkovsky case, I am constrained by the
circumstance to seek your assistance to transfer the money out from the
fiduciary company for an investment on behalf of my boss pending his
release from nine years jail term. This is very confidential

I am offering you 30% of the funds for your assistance and facilitating
the transfer.The funds will be couriered under diplomatic immunity and shall
be paid into coded offshore accounts under your supervision.

Please your urgent reply is highly needed to enable me ascertain and
furnished you with details of this deal. If my offer is of no appeal to
you, delete this message and forget i ever contacted you. I am assuring you
that proper home work had been done to avert any fear of insecurity to all
involved. PLEASE KEEP A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY" I await your
response
Regards,

Jeffrey,
+447031916470


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