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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: "Mr Jerri L. Putra" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jerrputra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:44:56 +0700
Subject: NOTICE(IMPORTANT).

Greetings

I presumed that all is well with you and your family.I write to solicit your assistance in the execution of a transaction of mutual benefit.let this not be a surprise message to you because i got your contact information from the international directory few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our present and future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

My name is Jerri L.Putra, a banker by profession and currently the Executive auditor with a prime bank here in Indonesia. I decided to contact you for this financial transaction worth Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$7.5m) for our present and future success. This is an abandoned fund that belongs to one of our foreign customers who unfortunately lost his life with his wife and only daughter in Tsunami disaster few years ago.

Meanwhile i was very fortune to come across the deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customer’s files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and auditing.

I will give you all the necessary requirements that the bank may request from you and follow up the transfer of the fund into your a/c as an insider. It will interest you to know that I have been keeping my eyes on this funds and has put the account blind and covered to the public by keeping the account dormant to enable my plans for the funds to come through and this is the time and I am very happy to locate you for the perfection of the transfer of the fund into your nominated bank a/c to be given.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations, which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 3 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. However, it is not authorized by the rules guiding our bank for a citizen of my country to make the claim of the fund unless you are a foreigner no matter the country. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next of kin to the deceased.

When the fund is transferred into your account, {36%} Thirty Six Percent will be for you in respect of all your assistance for the transfer of the fund into your account and provision of the bank account where the bank will remit the fund, {56%} Fifty Six Percent will be for me being the pioneer of the business while the rest {8%} eight Percent will be shared to respectable Organizations such as Charity, Motherless Babies Homes, and helpless disabled people around us in the World.

If you are really sure of your, Trustworthiness, Accountability and confidentiality on this transaction, contact me and accept not to change your mind to cheat, or disappoint me when the fund is transferred into your account. So reply for the assurance with your Full Names, contact Address and your Phone Numbers necessary to facilitate an easy communication through my private email address below ( jerrputra@gmail.com )for urgent attention.

As soon as you reply, i will let you know the next steps and procedures to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

I'm expecting for your prompt response.

Best Regards,
Mr Jerri L.Putra.


NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OR NOT, THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY

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