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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: harry duke <harryduke_02@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:00:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE CALL +234-80671-479-29



Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME

Sorry for my delaying your reply.i want to confirm about you, are you the real person?

I am sending you this email in respect to the email sent by you to my office business email user account. I believe this has to do with the bank draft which (My Boss) instructed me to issue out to you once you contacted me for it.
It is very true that My Boss instructed me to send a bank draft to you. However, acting according to the ethics of our institution, I would like you to send me the following details about yourself for documentation and proof purposes to show that you are the true beneficiary of the certified bank draft. You are required to provide me with the following:
1. Your present resident address where the certified bank draft will be posted.
2. A scanned copy of your international passport or driver's license for documentation and identification purposes.
3. Your present phone number with which I can contact you when the certified bank draft is dispatched to your given resident address.

With these above information in my custody, I can then begin to make arrangement with an international courier service agency to dispatch your bank draft to you through special delivery, as it is a case sensitive package.
I have already contacted My Boss to confirm if you are the real beneficiary of the bank draft and he told me you are the rightful owner. So I expect you to send me the requested information so that I can dispatch your bank draft to you immediately.

Yours in service,
Leo Duke.

N:B….YOU ARE REQUESTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE COURIER AND INSURANCE CHARGES,AS SOON AS I CONFIRM YOUR REQUESTED INFORMATIONS.
Thanks remain bless
Leo Duke


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