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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: "DR GRAEME"<drgraeme@excite.com>
Reply-To: drgraeme_91@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:09:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: YOUR RESPOND NEEDED










The Auditor/Headof DepartmentRoyal Bank of Scotland,United Kingdom._______________________________________________Dear partner,In order to transfer out {fifteen-million pounds sterlings} from our bank here in London.I want to look for a reliable person who will be capable of handling this transaction.I am DR. Greame Cornwallis the Chief Executive auditor of a bank here in Scotland United Kingdom.There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again up to date.After going through some old files in the records,i discovered that if i do not remitt this money urgently,it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is Mr Hughes foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service here in london,he died since 1998.And since then,nobody knows about this account.The account has no other beneficiary and the money involved is {£15,000,000.00}pounds sterlings. When the transfer is approved i want us to see at the oversea a
paying clearance office face to face or signing of the original bindding agreement to bind us together so that, we can receive this money into your account where the fund will be remitted.The management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which i will give you when sure of your capability to handle such amount I will use my position to destroy any true documents belongs to this account for our sake.And i will ensure that this money is transferred to your account.With assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival to your country for sharing and other investments.70% belongs to me. while 15% will be yours.while 5% will be for expenses reply if interested to my private mail box (graeme91@yahoo.co.uk) Dr Graeme Cornwallis.



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