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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: paul emekq <paul_emekq@mail.ru>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:15:59 +0300
Subject: REGARD

ATTENTION:MY GOOD FRIEND,


It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your
co-operation and assistance in the context stated
below,
I am Barrister Paul Emeka, the personal Attorney to
the late Mr. Peter JOE . My late client was the
Chief Executive officer of {African development Oil
Company} for 15 years and he was retired on the 30th
day of September 2004.
After a month, my client andhis entire family died on their way to a Conference inauto crash on the 10th day of October 2004.

Before his death my client had a total sum of US$5,500,000.00
with a Finance House hoping of transferring the fund
to his country after his retirement. Presently, the
finance house where the deceased had an account valued
at about 5.5Million dollars has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin of my late client or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating therelatives,
I now seek your consent to present you asthe next of kin of the deceased since you have thesame last name with my client.
so that the proceeds of this account valued at
5.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and
me can share the money 50% to me and 50% to you.

I haveall necessary legal documents that can be used to back
up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by my email
(paul_emeka5@yahoo.com) further.

Best Regards,



Paul Emeka Esq.

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