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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: martins khumalo <mtkh34@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS


Attn:Dirctor

I am Martins Khumalo a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Ferdinand Osorio, who has lived in EUROPE for the past fifty years with his family, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client. In April 2002, my client and his entire family met their untimely death in the fire incident.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Security Company where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Security company where the deceased had an account valued at about USD18,000,000 (Eighteen million United States Dollars has issued me a thirty days(30 ) notice t o provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

I seek your consent topresent you as the Next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name (surname) so that the proceeds of this account valued at 18 million dollars can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Do as well send me your phone and fax number, if this offer interest you.

Yours in Service,
Martins Khumalo(Principal Attorney
email: mt_malo34@yahoo.com

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