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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: =?utf-8?q?John=20Mansa?= <j_mansa007@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: johnmansa008@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:54:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF JOHN MANSA & CO.


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo electrónico!Ahora podés escribirme a: j_mansa007@yahoo.com.co



- Dear Friend,I am John mansa,the Personal attorney to late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, I am writing to Seek your cooperation over this business deal, I have come to know due to the death of my late client an expatriate who died along with his entire Family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa,the Late DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta in United States of America he was a contractor with ECOWAS,(ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES) Since his death, I have made several search for any of his relative or Next-of-kin but it has been very difficult for me.I decided to make this search based on the abandoned sum of $14million USD (Fourteen Million United States Dollars) only, so that it will not get Confiscated by the Security Company he deposited the consignment with because they have givenme a mandate to present any family to my late client or his Next-of-kin.This I cannot find but I now decided to reach you as a foreingner. Since his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in the Security guidelines but unfortunately, all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money He deposited with a finance and security company, It is therefore upon this that I now decided to make this business Proposal to you and the finance security company will release theconsignment to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for since nobody is coming for it and The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign Citizen to stand as the next of kin in this business is occasioned bythe fact that the deceased Clint was a foreigner and an African cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.There after I will come over to your country for disbursement. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this consignment to you as Arranged, you must apply first to the finance and se curity company as the relation or next of Kin to the deceased, indicating your claims and wherein the consignment will be delivered.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is strictly confidential and i will use my position to effect a hitch free transaction.You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this Letter.Trusting to hear from you immediately.Yours Faithfully,John Mansa. Esq(Principal Counsel)Tel:+234-8084879970.


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