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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: Young John <johnyoung_officer@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:07:32 +0800 (CST)
Subject: URGENT!!!!!


Thank you for your email in response to my email proposal.I want you to understand why I have contacted you. I am a banker and occupy a sensitive position in my bank. My banks code of ethics and previlages limits my ability to carry out this transaction by myself or with family members. This is the reason I have contacted you. In actualings a transaction of this magnitude, it has to be done legaly and in the normal way.If we must work together then we must have trust and respect for one another. I am not begging you to partipate it is for our mutual benefit. I can assure you that you are not in a scheme to make you loose your hard earn money.

The truth of the matter is if I must make direct transfer to your account this has to be done through safe and secured route. This is to ensure that we do not violate the US foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended ( the "FAA," 22 U.S.C 2291), which defines a major money laundaring country by staute as one whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amount of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking. 481(e)(7).

This also implies to high volume of funds transfer around the world to check the transfer of terriorist funds. To ensure that I bring this funds to your account without any red flag I will channel this funds via the route of a big bank in the europe and the funds will enter your account as clean and cleared funds and there will be no red flag from any where.I can assure you that there will be no trouble from any where. I have down a similar transaction before but I was taken. The man run away with the money knowing fully well I cannot report him because this will also mean reporting myself. Till date there is no trouble from any where, he is some where now with my $4M dollar. Be rest assured that this is 100% risk free.

For me to actualize this I require some special codes from a consultant who advices international remittance departments of major banks in movements of high volume of funds. This codes require activation fee which the consultant must receive before he will release the codes to me and have them activated.

My banks code of ethics and previlages which guilds us,makes it mandatory for me to get approval from my Bank before I make any personal transfer internationally and this will require me to explain to a commitee set up for this and Considering the nature of this transaction it is not wise for me to get an approval to have money transfered to the agent this will draw attention to me and I am not ready to take this risk this transaction is very sensitive. On the other hand if you are ready to pay the agent this fee for the codes I will transfer this funds to your account in your country with out any red flag from any where.

This is the truth of the matter for there is no need for money that will bring us troubles tommorrow.
Give me a number to call you.

Thanks.
Wong.


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