joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: "LAWSON LINE" <lawsonline05@msn.com>
Reply-To: kelvinlawson33@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:39:53 +0000
Subject: FROM:BARRISTER kelvin lawson

Attn: Dear frined

Compliments, I BARRISTER kelvin lawson, have decided to bestow this trust on
you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I appologise in advance for
any inconviniences this may cause you. I am the Personal
Attorney to late Mr. PATRICK CARL , who was a contractor here in Benin Rep.
And on the 3rd of Oct 2000; my client, and his family were perished in a
ghostly car accident along Midombo Togo express way.

As a matter of fact, my client made a deposit Amount, valued at (USD$15.7M)
with a CREDIT UNION BANK ,COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC ,and upon the maturity time
of their agreement, THE BANK started contacting me to provide next of kin to
my client , or have his MONEY confiscated after four years, as it is in the
law of this country.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $15.7m could be transffered into your account,
thereafter, both of us will share it for our own interest .
I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the
claims we will make. I know that you might be wonder why I have decided to
trust you with this huge sum, but the truth is that I need you to get this
money out and considering the fact that you are a foreigner which makes it a
lot easier and straight forward.

All i need from you is the following,

(1) YOUR BANK INFORMATION,E.G account number, name of
the bank ,beneficiary of the account and address of
the bank.optional,telephone and fax number of your
bank and routing number ,if any.
(2) YOUR PERSONAL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.

(3) YOUR ADDRESS .

As soon as i receive the above information from you,i will submit it to the
bank for the approval of the
fund in your favour as the next of kin to my clientsor you can open fresh
account

And also I requires your honest cooperation to enable us make this great
deal successfully. I guarantee you 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 as fast as possible through my E-mail address
enable us discuss further the progress of this business.

regards,

BARRISTER kelvin lawson



--

Anti-fraud resources: