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: Mark & Chris LLF <markchrisllf01@web.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:01:48 +0100
Subject: Legal Notice




Mark & Chris LLF
66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7024073961
Email: mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk]

Date: 15th February, 2006


THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN YOUR NAME AND THIS IS NOT A SALES SOLICITATION OR SPAM.

I represent Mark & Chris LLF, a law firm that arranges untraceable asset management and safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
We wish to inform you of the availability of a safe deposit box with a Security firm for which you have been listed as the beneficiary, a benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the safe deposit box was being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a box which contains some amount of money and instructed clearly that you should only be notified of its availability
after the expiration of the maturity date and that time has already elapsed,that is why you are being contacted.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's identity one month after you, the beneficiary, has confirmed receipt of the funds.
The funds in the safe deposit box totals £4.5M (Four million five hundred thousand British Pound Sterling) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and of non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.

The monies have been declared as Family Documents instead of CASH. The Security Company does not know the true contents of the box andyou must not disclose the information to them or to anybody whatsoever.
You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information forverification with information contained in our computer database as well as other relevant information in the format stated below.
As soon as the information is confirmed with that provided by your benefactor, you will be notified immediately with
instructions necessary for you to arrangements and pick up the safe deposit box from the security company.
We at Mark & Chris LLF, want to state clearly that our job will be to monitor the claim, give assistance where necessary and also advice you on behalf of your benefactor.
We cannot be directly involved in the claim, you will have to arrange directly with the Security company on the best and safest way for you to pick up your money as soon as possible.

The Requested Information is to ensure that no mistake or error is made
and it should be forwarded to mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk] in the manner stated below

Your Full Name: ___________________________________
Your Complete Address: ___________________________________
Name of City of Residence: ___________________________________
Age ___________________________________
Occupation ___________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: ___________________________________
Direct Fax Number: ___________________________________

This must be completed and forwarded to mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk] immediately. Please ensure that it
is forwarded to mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk] as soon as the form is completed.

The Telephone & Fax numbers are very necessary as they will be forwarded to the Security company staff, and forms faxed to you before the funds would be handed over to you so as to ensure that the package is handed over to the right person.
So,its mandatory you send your Direct Telephone Number preferably your mobile or Cell Phone Number.
Congratulations in advance.

Thank you and I sincerely remain

Mark & Chris LLF
66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7024073961
Email: mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:mkchris05@yahoo.co.uk]




Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsstarkeren E-Mail-Postfach!
Mehr Infos unter *http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131* [http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131]

Anti-fraud resources: