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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: "Frank Philips"<frankphilip4@myway.com>
Reply-To: f_ph22@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:06:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: from a friend


From Barrister Frank PhilipsPlease respond to this e-mail address for security reason:f_ph22@yahoo.com

Sir,

Please View website carefully

http://www.fraudaid.com/scamspeak/nigerian/abacha/sanibbc.htm

http://www.usafricaonline.com/abachaloot.html

I aM Barrister Frank Philips,the Attorney of Late General Sani Abacha the former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And I am also writing on behalf of the family.

The aim of this contact is to seek your assistance to evacuate some large sum of money (US$50M) from Europe to a trusted bank account in your country. These funds were part of the money kept by the family after the demise of the Late Nigerian Head of State. We have successfully kept these funds in the custody of a Finance &amp; Security Company in Europe.

Since the demise of the former Head of State, a lot has happened to the family. Some of the family’s bank accounts have been frozen and some family members thrown into detention. These things were done because of the alleged looting of our nation’s coffers by the Abacha’s family. However we are now in a democratic era and we fell that this is the right time to make a move concerning the money.

We have taken care of every arrangement in Nigeria and we want you to immediately inform us on the above Email address. Of your willingness to assist, so that I can send you full details of this transaction and the Certificate of Deposit, which will enable you to make claims of the funds in Europe.

Finally, the family could not travel out of the country for now because of security reasons and for your overall assistance they have resolved to offer you 30% of the whole sum. Please note that the hope of this family lies on this money. And there is no risk involved whatsoever.

Your quick response will oblige.

Best regards,

Barrister Frank Philips

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