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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: Johnson Werners <johnsonwerners_1979@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:25:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Response


Dear VICTIMNAME,

I greet you from this end once again and thank you very much for your quick response to my mail. Actually, I do not know whom you were talking about I mean Eze.

Before I proceed any further, I want to reiterate the importance of confidentiality in all matters pertaining this transaction. This is by its nature being very delicate and Top Secret. I hope you will have to understand with me here as money which a man can not enjoy does not make him rich.It is very important that you think very carefully and make up your mind totally to be a partner in this. I strongly beleive in the English parable that " what is what doing at all is what doing well". It is better we do not go into this at all than proceeding and getting our hands burnt in the course of this. However I want to assure you that I know exactly what I am doing and as long as you follow my advice carefully, religiously and promptly, VICTORY will be surely ours in a matter of days and we would enjoy the proceeds of this transaction with absolute peace of mind.

As I did inform you in my very first email to you, once you have completely accepted my terms and have a full understanding of what we have on ground, we shall proceed with the following. You should forward me your full names, complete address and your nominated account where you would want the funds transfered into. This will include the names, address, tel/fax numbers of the bank. I will also need the swift code if avaliable. The paper work is very neccessary for final and complete officialisation of the transfer. As you must be aware,once I have received your information, we would have to transcribe it into a WILL nominating you as the beneficiary of these funds. The WILL has to be re-prepared, endorsed, with all neccessary Stamps. The WILL also has to be backdated to reflect the actual period of writing and time of deposit of the funds.Once that is completed, I will proceed with the registration of the WILL at the PROBATE. This PROBATE registration is the most important
part of this transaction. This is because it is the PROBATE that is responsible for the registration of the WILL into a legal document that would enable the holding bank release these funds according to your instruction. The PROBATE registration authenticates the WILL as a legal documents and mandates the holding company to release the funds without any delay. In other words the PROBATE is the binding and final authority that makes the entire transaction a legal tender without any prejudice.

The process of the PROBATE registration normally takes about 2-3 working days. During this process, the Justice department would carry out reconciliation,investigation and all neccessary autorisation would be carried out. Bear in mind that the PROBATE is under the Justice Department. Once they have carried out their own investigation and certify the WILL true and authentic, they will then carry out the registration and authentications with the neccessary stamps on it. Once that is concluded, then the deal is as good as concluded. At that point, all that would be left would be for you as the beneficiary of the funds to contact the holden financial house for the immediate release and transfer of the funds into your nominated account. This is carried out without any delay. I know this might sound very confusing to you, however bear in mind that I know very well what I am doing and would not do anything to jeopardise my good names or yours for your assisting me as a partner.

At this point, I would want us to have a direct communication so that we can not only get completely acquainted, but to also furnish you with other detail information you will need to know. You can feel free to reach me on my direct telephone number +353 879 604 782. Also please ensure you read my mails in detail in between the lines and call my attention to any issue you are not clear about.Thank you once again as I look forward to an everlasting business relationship with you.

I await your response.

Warm Regards,

Johnson Werner


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