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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: robert luwanga <r_luwan7@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Awaiting for your urgent reply.


ATTN,

It is my pleasure to contact you after my satisfactory appraisal and acceptance of my instinct to contact you. Based on your listing in the Internet where I found your name.

I am Mr. Robert Luwanga Head of Auditing Bank of Ghana, Ghana. On Wednesday 19 April 2000 one Mr. Ken williams a German National and a property magnate whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered time(Fixed)Deposit valued at $6,000 000.00 (Six Million Dollars) for twelve calender months in my Bank Branch.Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Mr.ken williams,his wife and only daughter was aboard the AF4590 plane,which crashed on Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.You can read more about the crash on visiting this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kin(the daughter Mrs. Ken Williams ) in the crash. The total sum $6,000,000. is still in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim the fund.Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. ken williams so that the proceed of the account value sum of $6,000.000 will be transfer to you and both of us we share it. Sixty five percent (65%) for me and Thirty five percent (35%) for you. Upon acceptance of this letter I shall give you all the details you need to know about the deposit.You do not need to make any travel because of this transaction, just confirm your participation and all you need do is to forward an account where the money will be transfered to after the necessary paper works are done.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the Bank's Director and his accounting officer to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.


Awaiting for your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
Mr. Robert Luwanga


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