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: JENNIFER WELSH <jenny-welsh83@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jennywelsh29@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:40:19 +0000
Subject: YOUR NEW FRIEND: JENNIFER


Hello Dear hope you are good. I got your email address while lookingfor new friends online.my name is Jennifer Welsh and i'm 29 yrs old,am still single and have nokid.I was born and raised in the United Kingdom but i live in Spain.I will send you my pictures and i will like to see your looks because iknow you look good.I feel there is a need to share this with you:My late mother´s name is Maria Tran, she was a great merchant and died last year in a BOMB BLAST/HOLOCAUST. My late mother was a very rich woman and had lots of properties andassets worth millions of Euros that was mis-managed by my fatherwho decided to keep them to himself.I am aware that what is left of my mother´s wealth, which no one knowsabout is a huge cash deposit of Five Million Euros that she depositedinto the Treasury of a reliable Bank in Spain and instructed the BankManagement clearly that ´the said amount must be given to anyone whocan support charity Organisations and he or she must NOT be related toMe (Maria Tran) Biologically´.I want you to help me collect this deposit as a Beneficiary anddistribute it to charity organizations. I have secured the necessarydocuments we need to achieve this great goal and I am in contact with astaff of the bank who has promised to use his privileged position toassist us with the understanding that he will get 15% of the totalamount at the end of the transaction. We set aside 20% for you and yourtime, and also 5% as miscellaneous expenses. I assure you that this isa legitimate and safe transaction so you need not worry as i will keep to my word at every stage of the transfer transaction with the bank.You should remember to be faithful with the funds when you receive itand keep our transaction with the bank CONFIDENTIAL until this goal isachieved because I don´t want my friend to loose his job with theBank.Get back to me and let me know if you are interested in thistransaction so that i can give you more instructions.You have the right to decline this offer and we will still remainfriends okay.Below is my personal contact details: Email: jennywelsh29@yahoo.es I look forward to reading positively from you.Take care and remain blessed.Your new friend,Jennifer Welsh.
_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Anti-fraud resources: