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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: "John Boateng" <johnboat115@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnboat001@mail2world.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:39:34 +0000
Subject: Official Benefit

Attn Dear,
 
   My name is Mr.John Boateng, i am 44 years of age and married with two lovely children. my good friend, this offer was borne out of my sincere desire to establish a lifetime business/mutual relationship with you.  I am a christian,a man of peace and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other but If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.
  I am the Eastern regional Auditor General of the International commercial Bank Of Ghana. I write you this letter in good faith believing both of us will work with one accord for the realization of this project... I am in control of the sum of Nine million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($9,850,000.00) that was an excess of profit made by our Eastern region branch office in the last quarters of the year 2006.
 
  Due to the present political position of this country, I have carefully placed the above said fund in an ESCROW Call Account and did not declare this to my head office, Can I really trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up myself?  You will be entitled to 35% of the total money as your commission if you will be humanly enough to work with me.
 
 All I need from you is to stand firmly as the original depositor of this fund who made the DEPOSIT.. I will discretely give you all the information concerning the account and the deposit so that you can apply to my headquarters directly for the re-location of the money. There is practically no risk involved,it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.
please remember to treat this offer as very confidential because i will not like to comprehend with any form of exposure as am still in active banking service. I hope you understand my situation and i await your response.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.John Boateng
 
 


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