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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: William Sar <willisar2332@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <willisar@ubbi.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:24:25 -0400
Subject: Message from Mr. William


Dear friend, I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence I have for you, your Company and God irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the business I am about to introduce to you,I want to remain positive having the faith, the will and convincing myself that you will be interested and capable to do business with me.This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and its success is entirely based on mutual trust,cooperation and a high level of confidentiality as regard this transaction. My name is Mr. William Sar. The kind of the relationship and the confidential nature makes it imperative for me to contact you directly by email. An American, a late business magnate Mr. John Schelpert, until his death years ago aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999. To see the details of this plane crash, Please click on the (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm). There is a fixed deposit of US$48,000,000.00 (FourtyEight Million United States Dollars) made in a Senegalese bank for purpose of investment in west african sub region till his untimely death, since 1999 which is about eight years now and since then no claim or withdrawal have been made on that deposit. Fortunately, I have been the person in charge of this deposit from the day of deposit to date. This great late business magnate died without a written or oral'WILL' attached to the account with respect to his investment in Real Estate Company. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of his next of kin. Rapidly, I took the precaution of converting this funds worth US$48,000,000.00 Dollars to the [open secure programme] and deposited it with OPEN BENEFICARY-which allows anybody or person that has accurate information to the deposit can lay claim to it. As a proposed partner i must confide in you immensely,therefore to use my position to move this money outside Africa through a financial consultant in Europe to your designated account with consolidated arrangement. It can be transferred to your custody if you are willing and assure me of your ability to handle such a sum and honesty that I will not be cheated out when the money comes into your account. I am willing to let you keep 30% of this fund for your assistance. Indicate your willingness by return email. Sincerely yours, Mr. William SarContact Phone Number: 00221 4611209
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