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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: "Raymond Daniel" <raydaniel_centrixbankplc@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: raydan_centrixbank@excite.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:40:06 +0000
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I am Mr. Raymond Daniel, the Auditor General, Centrix Bank London. In the course of my auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account which was opened in 1990 belonging to a dead foreigner name (Witheld) a national of your country. I decided to track his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence I got in contact with you.
 
I want to move the sum of $18.5M from Centrix Bank London in his account to abroad. I am therefore write to ask you that you quietly partner with me and providing an account or setting up a new one that will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. Even an empty account can also serve as long as there will be honesty to me till the end of the deal and I hope you will never let me down. After going through his records and files, I discovered that:
 
(1) No one has operated this account since 1993;
(2)He died without an heir; hence the money has been floating.
(3) No other person knows about this account and there was no known beneficiary. AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY URGENTLY, IT WOULD BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
 
This money can only be approved to you legally as far you are welling to stands as his NEXT OF KIN. Hence I am contacting you. I will require your urgent reply so that I give you the next step. Kindly forward your telephone and fax numbers. I am ready to give you the sum of $7,500,000 ($7.5M) for your assistance and partnering with me.
 
I look forward to your prompt. You can get intouch with me in my private box at
raydaniel_centrixbankplc@yahoo.co.uk
 
Best Regards,
 
Mr. Raymond Daniel.
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