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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: "Mr.John Ngene" <jngene2001@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:01:01 +0000
Subject: Thanks and God Bless you

Dear Mr. VICTIMNAME,

I thank you so much for your kind mail and I have come to understand that
you had a business that has not materialized, I would not say anything about
that because, I am not there, I am a Banker and needed one who I can trust
in this business, I am a Christian and I stongly believe that you will
handle this business very well. As I did explain to you on my first message,
this fund is the excess of the profit made here in my branch in the year
2004. It might interest you to know that I have already submitted an
approved Financial report and my Head office and the entire Bank will never
know of this excess.

The transfer is bank-to bank Telegraphic Transfer and should be made to your
chosen foreign account from my head office in Accra, Ghana. The modalities I
have mapped out to actualize the transfer of the fund involves the following
steps:

Step1: I will program your full names and address on the entire BARCLAYS
BANK OF GHANA database as the depositor and the beneficiary of the fund.
Step2: I shall issue a backdated deposit slip of the fund to your name.
Step3: I shall provide you with a draft of an application for transfer that
you are going to forward to my Head office since all International transfers
are carried out from there.

With the above steps, my head office will immediately carry out the transfer
of the fund to your chosen bank account. Such transfers from my Head Office
takes not more than 72hrs. I would like to stress that this transaction
would cause no grief to either of us.

The scenario involved here is similar to that of a person who banks with a
particular bank and at a point in time, wishes to close his account or
transfer the fund to another bank of his choice. With your names duly
programmed on the Database of the bank, you are practically a customer of
our bank.

In your response, please include your full contact details, including your
full names, your complete physical country address and your direct telephone
and fax numbers.

I would need them in all the above steps.You can call me on my mobile phone
number: +233-276-889848, Your earliest response would be appreciated.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. John Ngene
Mobile: 00233-276-889848

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