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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: "isaac john" <isaacjohn2@msn.com>
Reply-To: isaacjohn1@mail.vu
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:45:01 +0000
Subject: HONESTY AND TRUTHFULNESS.

FROM THE DESK OF,
MR ISAAC JOHN,
DEPUTY MANAGER,
CATCHET OIL COMPANY,
LONDON, UK.
PHONE: 447031912731

MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND

I AM WRITNIG YOU BASE ON THE SOLID INFORMATION I HAVE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR
ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UK EMAIL DATABASE.PLEASE I BEG YOU TO KEEP THIS
TRANSACTION A SECRET UNTILL MY PLANS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED . I WANT YOU TO
TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST SECRECY, HONESTY AND TRUTHFULNESS,AS AM
ABOUT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A BUSINESS THAT CAN CHANGE OUR LIVES TOGETHER FOR
GOOD.MY NAME IS MR ISAAC JOHN, THE DEPUTY MANAGER OF CACHET OIL, A
MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION OPERATING IN LONDON, ENGLAND. I AM SEEKING YOUR
ASSISTANCE TO CLAIM THE SUM OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS
(2.5M POUNDS),THIS MONEY WAS REALISED IN THE JUST COMPLETED CONTRACT AWARDED
TO OUR COMPANY BY THE ENGLSIH GOVERMENT AND I WANT TO TRANSFER IT OUT OF THE
COUNTRY FOR MY PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN OIL AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENTS

MY REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CHEATED OUT OF MY ENTITLEMENTS BY
THE COMPANY FOR FAR TOO LONG, SIMPLY BECAUSE I AM NOT A BRITISH .THERE SEEMS
TO BE SO MUCH RACISM AND SEGREGATION IN THE COMPANY,HENCE MY REASON FOR
LEAVING.I LEFT THE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY THE MONEY WAS SUCCESFULLY SECURED IN
A SECURITY COMPANY IN AMERICA, BUT THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE
CONTENT OF THE BOXES, BECAUSE I PACKAGED IT AS A CONSIGNMENT.

IF ONLY YOU CAN HELP ME CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN
AMERICA,AM PROMSING TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THIS MONEY, WHILE 60% WILL COME TO ME
AND THE REMANING 10% I WILL GIVE YOU TO COVER UP ANY EXPENSES YOU MIGHT MAKE
IN THE COURSE OF RECEIVING THIS MONEY FOR ME AND I WILL ALSO GIVE THE
DOCUMENTS THAT I USE IN DEPOSITING THE BOXES.REPLY ALSO SENDING ME YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATIONS, THAT IS ,YOUR NAME AND COMPANY NAME TELEPHONE LINE
AND FAX, OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME
INCLUDING SENDING OF
THE KEYS TO THE BOXES TO YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

MR ISAAC JOHN, OIL CORPORATION.LONDON, ENGLAND





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