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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: "McCarty Allen" <mccartymails5@mailbox.hu>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:58:08 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE PLEASE.


Old Kent Road,
London SE15 1NX
United Kingdom.
05/05/2008.

Hello Friend,
This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should be
treated as such. I am McCarty Allen, a lawyer and solicitor at law.

I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Mark Solovey,
hereinafter referred to as'my client' who worked as an independent oil
merchant in my country Uk before he died in a car crash with his immediate
family on the 5th of Nov,2000. Sorry i am using this medium to contact you,
i desperatly need your assistance for a good course.

Since the death of my client in Nov,2000,I have written several letters to
his embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom
shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all
such efforts have been to no avail.

However,going by the recent publications by the Trustee bank in which my
client deposited the sum of £9.8m (pounds), I fear a likely winding up
proceedings in the coming months. I seek your consent therefore, to present
you to the trustees as my client's next of kin so that you can help
repartriate the money to a foreign account and I promise a fair share of
60%-40% in my favour for you at the end of the transfer.

If you are very interested, contact me through my email address;
mccarty9002@yahoo.com.hk or call me as soon as possible on +44-703-194-7778
and I shall appraise you with the full details. I want to assure you that I
have all the requirements to execute this claim.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please let me
have your opinion as soon as possible and send to me your telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction.

Give me a call at your earliest convienience.

Best regards,

McCarty Allen (Esq.)
+44-703-194-7778

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