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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: asim Omar <asim_omar@yahoo.dk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:08:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: your consignment in spain


Dear house,

Thank you for your response to my message.I really appreciate your response and I considered it very important to give you the detailed clarifications of this transaction.

Please bear in mind that this transaction is legitimate and in essence it will undergo normal procedures as stipulated in the financial and allied matters act and all legal documents will be issued in your name.

I contacted you in good faith and trust to portray you as the next of kin to my deceased client Late Mr.Gerald house(Blessed Memory),since you share the same last name with him,you can put claims to this huge amount that he left behind as his next of kin.I re-assure you that I have all the vital information that the bank may require to approve your claim.

You will be entitled to 40% of the total sum of money at the conclusion of the transaction, 20% goes to charity because Late Mr.Gerald house intended to build a Charity Foundation before his death, so i intend to open a Charity Foundation in his name in order to immortalise his name, while 40% of the money will be mine because i will provide all the information that will make the Finance Company to release the money to you.

Three days after the release of the money to your account,you will send me an invitation letter to come over to your country for sharing of the fund according to the agreed percentage.

Late Mr.Gerald house was born in 1944. He worked with Shell Development Company as an engineer and later retired to private practice as a consultant and formed an engineering company called Rex-Cardinal Ltd. He operated an account with HILLTOP FINANCE Lome-Togo until his death. He had a wife named Ann and a daugther named Nancy who died alongside with him in an auto accident on the 21st of April 2002.

You must understand that in the Finance industry,chances or opportunities like this are common but not heard because people put their monies in Finance Companies and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, therefore, when such people die, what do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for their claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good "free" monies are made within and amongst the officials. when such people die and when nobody comes for the claims,the fund will be confiscated by the bank and shared among the top officials of the bank. I did not mastermind my client's death and I did not operate or manage his account but I was his personal attorney so was privy to his transaction with the finance company .I will have to swear an Affidavit at the high court certifying that you are a relative of the deceased and therefore the named next of kin to inherit the estate.

NOTE: The success of this transaction rest on my onus as the personal attorney to the depositor, whom ever I present as the Next of Kin is benefactor bound.

Some personal information about me; I was born in 1951.I have a son and a daughter. My son Asim (Jnr) is a Law undergraduate & my daughter Sarah is studying Medicine in the University.My wife Agnes is a Midwife in the General Hospital

I will appreciate you send me this information below in your next email.

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address:
Your Phone number:
Your Age:
Your Marital Status:
Your Occupation :

Pls note that this transaction requires utmost trust,sincerity and confidentiality for its successful conclusion.

As soon as you indicate your interest to claim this fund, I will send to you the letter of claim and further instructions on how to make the claims.

You can reach me on : +228 920 9137 for further clarifications.

I await your prompt reply.

Best Regards,
Asim
THE SPAIN CONTACT INFORMATION;

I suscided in getting the spain office contact through the security finance company here in lome togo. (HILLTOP FINANCE COMPANY LOME-TOGO) where your fund was depsoited-in.

sgs security company madrid spain
tel.....0034657484990
fax 0034911311858
email sgs_secor@yahoo.com
contact person dr jose antonio garcia
foreign remittance department
Keep me posted.
Omar.


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