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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: "Mr. Peter Murphy" <ppetermurphy14@sify.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ppetermurphy14@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 05:18:42 +0000
Subject: Emergency

>From the Desk of Mr. Peter Murphy
Auditor General,International Commercial Bank
Takoradi Ghana.

Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to
you, first I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction, as I wish to rely on your discreteness and
ability in transaction of this nature. Let me start by
introduce my self properly to you, My name is Mr. Peter
Murphy, I am the regional Auditor General of the
International Commercial Bank of Ghana.

I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable
and reputable person to handle this Confidential
Transaction. I am 44years of age and married with 3
lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a
man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can assist
each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will
benefit both of us, as the regional Auditor General
of the International Commercial Bank; it is my duty
to send in a financial report to my head office in the
capital city Accra at the end of each year. On the
course of last year 2004 end of year report, I discovered
that an excess profit of four million five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars[US$4,550,000.00] which my head office
are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since
place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly
connected to this money, this is why I.m contacting you
for us to work so that you can assist and receive this
money into your bank account for us to SHARE. The
sharing of the fund are thus: 45% for you 45% for me and
the remaining 10% for any Tax or Vat expenses incurred in
this transaction. Note that there are practically no
risks involved in this transaction as it is 100% risk
free and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit
with Takoradi branch so that my Head office can order the
transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, If you find
this proposal suitable for you do furnish me with the
following information. Your full Name and Contact
Address, Your private telephone Number Your Age Your
Occupation and Position. I will appreciate it very
much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not
make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on
you, and I assure you we can achieve it successfully.

Best regards,

Mr. Peter Murphy

Phone: 00233288228858.



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