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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: "barker" <barker11bridge@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:28:58 +0700
Subject: Baker

STANDARD BANK LONDON 5TH FLOOR CANNON BRIDGE HOUSE 25 DOWGATE HILL LONDON
UNITED KINDOM.
GOOD DAY TO YOU, MY NAME IS MR.WILLIAMS M BAKER,WORKING WITH THE MINING
FINANCE DEPT.
WITH STANDARD BANK LONDON. WE HAD AFOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DEPOSITED A HUGE
SUM OF MONEY WITH OUR BANK, WHO LATERDIED AS A RESULT OF PLANE CRASH IN
1999.
BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE TRANSFERED THESUM OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED SATESDOLLARS) TO A BANK IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND.
SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER,I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN
INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALLHAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS
COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF US$26.5M (TWENTY-SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH
HAS BEEN WITH THE BANK IN HOLLAND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOSE NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF
KIN AS NO ONE HAS COMEUP TO BE THE NEXT OF KIN.
IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MYCOUNTRY`S FOREIGN TRADE
MISSION AFTER I WAS CONVINCED BY PROVIDENCE THAT YOU COULD BE USED AS THE
NEXT OF KIN.
THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS
OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND YOU SHARE THE
SAME SURNAME AND SOMEBODY IN LONDON CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO OUR
LATE CUSTOMER I AGREED THAT US$5 MILLION OF THIS
MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER FOR PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT, WHILE
THE REST WILL BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT.
THEREFORE, TO FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS A RELATION TO THE
DECEASED INDICATING YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY
COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE
THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL THE NEXT
STEP TO TAKE.
I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH-FREE
AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT
HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE
TRANSFER.
YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL OR CALL ME ON MY
NUMBER +.44-704-012-2741
Email info22williams@netscape.net
TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU'RE RESPECTFULLY, WILLIAMS BAKER


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