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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: "Hillary White(Esq)LLB.Hons." <hillary_white2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 05:31:23 +0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.

HILLARY WHITE CHAMBERS PLOT 245/247 OF ADENIJI JONES, AVENUE,IKEJA LAGOS. It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise.this is because we have not met before but i am inspired to send you this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the both of us. I am Barrister Hillary White personal Attorney to late Engr.Steve Moore a national of Isle of Man in UK, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 1997,my client,and his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident Since then I have made several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of Directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money to the bank as an unclaimed fund. I came across your name, while trying to locate documentation's regarding possible relatives of my client in his country of origin and i am Convinced that you may be able to act in locus for my late clien as his next of kin. I will convince the bank that you are the only surviving relation of my client. He left behind a deposit of Twenty Seven Million, United States Dollars($27,000,000.USD) in his domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in Nigeria Which is one of the main reasons it has been very important to locate his next of kin. since i have been unsuccesfull in locating his relatives for over several years now. I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the status quo.By virtue of my brief and my closeness to the deceased,I am very much aware of my client's financial standing and the bank account he operates here in my country. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client and the sole beneficiary of his estate, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin; the bank needs only the facts as presented legally. The rest is between you and I and with my guide we can have the money paid into your account, once this is done we shall both share the funds. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% shall be for charity. I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents needed to back up our claim.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of thelaw. Please get in touch with me through my private email address.(hillary_white4@yahoo.com) I will want you to send to me on your return email the following information for the execution of this transaction. 1. Your full Name: 2. Your Contact Address: 3. Cell Phone Number/Fax Number: 4.Age/Sex: 5.Occupation: Thanks for your co-orperation. Yours Faithfully, Barrister Hillary White(Esq)LLB.Hons.

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