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: "Jack" <jacknicklaus@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:07:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: REPLY ASAP.




Dear Friend.Thanks for your response to my proposition.Sorry for not responding to your mail..I was very sick and has just improved now. I am very happy to hear that you are interested in handling this transaction with me. I do hope that you have the capability to undertake this enterprise with me, please I need an assurance from you that you can handle this transaction. However. You should understand that we need to have mutual trust for one another if we must successfully complete the fund transfer. I contacted you to help repatriate this funds left behind by the deceased, Late Mr. Kurt Kahle, as I do not want our bank to freeze the account because of the non-appearance of his next of kin, note, with your cooperation we can legally claim this fund. My main focus is to use my position in this bank and present you as the next of kin to the deceased and apply that his entitlement be transferred to you through the said legal processes. I am the manager, credit and foreign bill
of the bank, and I have served the bank diligently for over 22 years. Due to the nature of this transaction, coupled with the fact that I am still an employee of the bank, I advise that you keep this transaction top secret and maintain utmost confidentiality, in order not to jeopardize this transaction and my job. Be inform that I will obtain the services of an attorney who will depose to an affidavit at the high court on your behalf as the beneficiary/Next Of Kin Late Mr. Kurt Kahle.Once this is achieved, the lawyer will submit this documents on your behalf the lawyer will submit this documents on your behalf here and the information of our affiliate bank will be forwarded to you so that you can open up a channel of communication with them. Note, that I have forwarded your name to Director Of Foreign Operation Mr. Michael Joseph Leyden An America Citizen, who presently working with ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, and he has promised to be at help since your are the next of kin to
late Mr. Kurt Kahle, he promised that he will us his office position as Director Of Foreign Operation to approve this fund to be transfer in your account without any delay. So, you hereby advise to work with MR. MICHAEL JOSEPH .LEYDEN directives and instruction.Attached here is the Death and Deposit Certificate of the funds and my passport for records. Lastly, my direct telephone number is 447040112671.You can call me any time. Please you are advising on no account must you discuss this transaction with any other person to avoid leakages. I await your urgent response. Thanks And God Bless You. Jack Nicklaus

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Anti-fraud resources: