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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: "Andy Anderson" <andy_andersonjnr@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:05:55 +0000
Subject: I Awaits your resonse

Hello,

Good day to you, I got your contact through search links, my name is Andy Anderson Jnr. About 15 years ago My late father came from Liberia and settled in Ghana he was a Diamond merchant but died from Cancer in 2001.
After the dead of my Dad, two of his close business Associates took my father's Company A&D PRECIOUS STONES LTD to Court to claim what they purported to be a debt owed to them by my late father which they said was US$4.2 Million, during the prolong court battle my father company folded up because we could not have enough funds to continue the case as the Court had already ordered that my father US$8 Million be frozen pending the ruling of the Court on the suit filed by my Dad two friends.
I and my junior sister have been living in a very terrible financial condition only living our last hope to God.
My late Dad when depositing the US$8 Million in the bank,he declared that half of the funds belong to his foreign partner by name Mr. John D.Calto, he signed agreement with the bank that incase of his dead, that the banks should release half of the US$8M to Mr. John Calto while the half should be given to me and my sister but we have crosschecked all my Dad's file and records to locate Mr.Calto but we could not find his contact address.

On the 25th November 2005 the court gave a lead Judgment in favor of my Dad's so called friends. The judgment authorize the bank holding my father's fund to release
The sum of US$4.2 Million plus all accrued interest to my Dad's two friends, and that the bank should surrender the balance of US$3.8 Million to Mr. John D.Calto.
The bank has requested that we inform Mr. John Calton to apply for the claims of the US$3.8 Million and the bank believe that we know Mr. John Calto.

I am seeking your support to provide me with a suitable foreign account so that I can introduce you to the bank as Mr.John Calto or at least his relative, to enable the bank transfer our the funds to that account, I have all the Documents which was issued to my late Dad by the bank, you will forward it to the bank as my Dad foreign partner and I will personally go to the bank to support it and the fund will be transferred to your account.
Pls note that there is no risk what so ever associated to this transaction as the fund in question legitimately belongs to my father.
I will like to know how much percentage you will take for your assistance after the successful transfer of these funds to your account.

Send me your telephone number so that I and my sister can talk with you.
Stay bless till I hear from you.
Andy Anderson Jnr.



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