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: david craig <craig_david_14@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:19:34 +0000
Subject: Re: is important i discus with you !




First I must apologise for my wrong way of contacting you, which is not official. this is due to long pressing issues .over this business proposal am offering to you .
Late William Crother was my client in the bank where I work, am his account officer .it was when I discovered after a serious search that I now found out that he has been dead for years infect since he left my office for Mexico after his last deposited check of fourteen million usd .

All this while I have kept it a secret which is still a secret until now you are the only person that knows about this transaction, the money that Williams deposited with us, One hundred and ten million usd in total .since then the account is still dormant including his monthly interest which at this stage due to banking policy until I am satisfied that you can do this business with me.
I want you to stand as next of kin and I will work out all documentation and give to you through a very successful attorney who will handle this case for us , Do not worry about how much it will cost you to get an attorney I will provide one in your favour am ready to finance all the process from my end during this transaction until the funds are in your possession.
All I need you to do is provide your full names and address, date and place of birth, contact addresses and a confidential Telephone and fax numbers.
To enable us have a good understanding and to file for claims with your information which you will provide.
Upon your reply to my urgent email we discus percentage, which is quite negotiable at this stage before we can proceed.

pls do reply only to my private email: ( craig.david45@gmail.com )

David Craig.
_________________________________________________________________
Try Live.com: where your online world comes together - with news, sports, weather, and much more.
http://www.live.com/getstarted

Anti-fraud resources: