joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "info doc" <infodoc01@anpmall.net>
Reply-To: <maitrelawfirm1@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:42:26 +1030
Subject: DIVINE FAVOUR

MAITRE LAW FIRM

Sis Cocotomey Von Chalet,

COTONOU-BENIN

RE: ATTENTION,

I am happy to announce to you that your e-mail address came up in a
random draw conducted by our law firm, MAITRE LAW FIRM in Cotonou, Benin.
My name is M G B Epiphane Esq. A personal attorney to our late client
MR RON ANDERSON who was an industrialist in my country, Republque du
Benin.

MR RON ANDERSON, a well known Philanthropist, before he died, he made a
Will stating that Five million, Six hundred thousand U.S dollars only
should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas. We have
made a random draw and your name and e-mail address was picked as the
beneficiary to this WILL.

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank,
because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary
of this WILL within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the
Government treasury as per law here. It is my utmost desire to execute
the WILL of our late client. You are required to contact me immediately
to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated
official account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further
details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit. Please act
fast. Email me via my private e-mail address; (maitrelawfirm1@myway.com)

NB: You should note that there is a stipulated time limit for you to
respond to this email after that the offer will be passed on to someone
else.

Congratulation,

M G B Epiphane Esq.

(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)

____________________________________________________________________________
Powered by Australian Nursing Professionals.
Be the one of the first to try the New and Live Mail.
http://www.anp.net.au

Anti-fraud resources: