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: Daniel Doucet <dan-doucet0@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dan.doucet0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:18:24 -0600
Subject: Please Reply ASAP.



From: Daniel Doucet Private Email: dan.doucet0@gmail.com
Subject: Inheritance FundDate: August 29th 2007.Hello,I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics, but please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I am Daniel Doucet an Auditor of a commercial Bank here in United Kingdom. In the process of auditing foreign accounts this quarter, I and one of my colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum $7,420,000.00 (Seven million, four hundred and twenty thousand united states Dollars) And after due verification of this account we discovered that the account owner is late and that is why the account has been dormant and as such a $7,420,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed.From record, none of his relative has shown up for the past couple of years to put a claim to the said funds, hence, the idea of presenting a foreigner to act as his next of kin came into my mind that was how and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin, so that the funds will be paid to you as the next of kin and we shall both disburse the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. Just to let you know, all the paper works to back up your claim as the next of kin has been put in place by us, in view of this, I am seeking your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim the fund from my bank.Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue Advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you. Please kindly get back to me immediately, strictly via my private email address only:{dan.doucet0@gmail.com}to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.Please signify your interest by writing me back with the below information: Meanwhile, we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country, and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part of investments in your country.Your Full Name:Telephone Number/Fax Number:Sex:Age:Occupation:I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what to do next. Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, and would be conducted under a legitimate ground which will protect you and us from any breach of law.We wait for your prompt response.Regards,Daniel Doucet.NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER, THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU SO LONG AS WE ARE HERE TO BACK YOU UP AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.
_________________________________________________________________
Learn. Laugh. Share. Reallivemoms is right place!
http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

Anti-fraud resources: