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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: "Eric" <godhelpzulufamily@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:26:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: urgent call from Zulu family of Zimbabwe




















Dear Amarjit Singh This is Eric Zulu the soon of Isaac Zulu of Zimbabwe, I am contacting you in regard of mylate fathers fund that was transfer from Barclays Bank Zimbabwe to affiliated Bank in Paris France. I need your urgent assistant to stand as my late father foreign business partner.

All I need you to do is this if I can get your full support and your honesty. I will provide you the whole document that covered the funds. And at the same time I want the document of the funds to be change to your name so that we can contact the Bank in France for immediate transfer of the funds to you, I am the next of kin to the funds, I shall reword you with 25% of the total funds after the transfer. Your urgent respond will help us, at the moment I am in a remote area in Zimbabwe,

The problem we are facing now is beyond explanation I am totally frustrated. President Robert Mugabe kill my father because of land dispute in my country, now he is even after our life and wealth of my father. is only God that will deliver him, after President Robert Mugabe froze my late father account, my late fathers lawyer advice my father to make the transfer of his other funds from Zimbabwe to any of the Europe country before President Robert Mugabe will get to know of any of his account, so my father decide to transfer the money to Paris, that was how he made the transfer of 18.5 Million United State Dollars successfully from Zimbabwe to Paris for safe keeping and onward transfer.

You will help us to get all necessary documents to stay in your country, because I really want my younger once to continue their Education. And I believe that you are in good position to help us with a good investment plan.

In your reply do attach your picture for clear identification of you and your house address,with your personal cell phone number, my mother and my younger once are expecting to hear from youHope to read from you soonEric Zulu



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