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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: bmensahh@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:12:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: from mr ben mensah


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bmensaahh@yahoo.com



- From Mr.Ben Mensah.The Manager Foreign Operation Department of Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB)Ltd.Dear Friend,Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise as we don’t know ourselves before, and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.I am Mr.Ben Mensah,The Manager Foreign Operation Department Of Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Ltd In Republic Of Ghana.In mydepartment i discovered an abandoned sum of (USD 11.5M) eleven million five hundred thousand United States Dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer from your country who have the same last name with you,he died along with his entire family in a plane crash in Republic of Benin on Dec. 26, 2003 without any reference to the trace of the relatives or next of kin.In accordance with the West African Trust and Federal Laws,if such money remained unclaimed after 6 (six) years without nobody applies as the relatives or next o kin,the money will be transfered into the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund. I now decided to contact you and present you to stand and proved a foreign bank account for release and transfer of the money into your bank account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased since nobody is coming for the claim.I agree that 45 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 50 % would be for me.I assure you that this business is 100% risk free to both of Us from any breach of the law.If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full Interest by send to me as below:Your Full Name:.................Your Contact Home Address:..........Your Country:..........Your Occupation:..........Your Contact Phone Number:........Gender:..................Your Age:.......Your Nationality:......Note that I will instruct you on the next step to take.reply me on bmensah1@yahoo.com.au or call me on + or 00 233 244 983685 Best respect,Mr.Ben Mensah.


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