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: "Mr.Jerry Eze" <abconsult2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: jrryeze@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:22:30 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION

Mr.Jerry Eze.
ACCESS BANK S.A
 Dear  Sir,
  
  I am Mr.Jerry Eze, a manager with ACCESS BANK S.A., I was personally  incharge of the deposit made by our coustomer  late Engineer. Philip, who till  his death was a contractor with shell Development Company and The  Ports authority.
  
  On the 21st of April 2001, Engr. Philip, his wife and their three  children were involved in a car accident  and all occupants of the vehicle  unfortunately lost their lives.
  
  At the time of his death, he had a deposit of $12.6 Million which was  proceed of a contract work he just concluded with The  Ports authority  before the unfortunate incident.Unfortunately, till this moment no  person has come as his relation for his deposit with us.
  
  I humbly request your attention to this matter so that I can present  you as his next of kin and beneficiary to this deposit. It is not a  very difficult thing to do and it will not take time.
  Please contact me as quickly as possible.
  
  Do please note that I did not contact you because you are related to  Philip, I contacted you so that we can carry out this deal together and  your share will be 30% of the total sum.
  
  I will give you details as soon as you reach me.
  
  We start phone communications as soon as I read from you.
  
  Kind regards
  
  Jerry Eze.

Discover sweet stuff waiting for you at the Messenger Cafe.  Claim your treat today!

Anti-fraud resources: