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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: "mike" <barrimaki_hammed@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:53:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL.


ATTN:SIR,

I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR E-MAIL RECEIVED BY ME AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS.WHAT I AM TELLING YOU IS A TOP SECRET AND I DONT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MATTER OK.BECAUSE,ALL I AM DOING IS FOR THE BEST OF US OK.

I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN WRITTING YOU BACK AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.ONLY THAT MY GRAND MOTHER IS SICK SO I HAD TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL OK.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU IS TO TELL ME IF REALLY YOU CAN ASIST ME IN HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE,I HAVE ALSO BEEN CHEATED BY SOMEONE WHO I CALLED MY BROTHER AND I DONT WANT US TO FALL A VICTIM OF THIS SAME PROBLEM OK.

ALL I NEED FROM YOU TO GET THIS TRANSACTION STARTED IS TO FORWARD TO ME YOUR FULL CONFIDENTIAL DETAILS.

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER.

ONCE THIS IS RECEIVED BY ME I WILL HAVE TO FORWARD IT TO THE OFFICE OF TRANSFER SO THAT THEY CAN START WORKING ON YOUR FILE IMMEDIATELY TO TELL YOU ON WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO IN DELAYING THE MONEY TO REACH YOU OK.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE FIVE WORKING DAYS TO GET EVERYTHING DONE OK.YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME BECAUSE,RIGHT NOW I AM PUTTING ALL MY TRUST IN YOU OK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS.

BARRISTER MIKE HAMMED.

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