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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: "Phil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ezeggoo@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:47:33 -0800
Subject: ESTABLISHING A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP.


My name is Phil George,I work with the Citizens Int'l Bank bill and exchange of the foreign remittance Dept.I am the personal Accountant to late Engr.(Allan)a National of ur country,who was a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS.

On 30 JANUARY 2000, my client, his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and the all family died in this fatal air crash.

After these several unsuccessful attempts in locating any of my clients extended Relatives,I have contacted u to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the CITIZENS INT'L BANK Where the deceased had an account Valued at ($15 Million us dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.On further investigation,I found out that:-

(A) He has no other living declared relative (B) He had died intestate (without making a will) (c) He was into Real Estate Venture (Realtor)

seek ur consent to present u as the next of kin of the deceased since u have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($15 Million US Dollars) can be paid to u and then you and me can share the money.50% to me and 50% to you and all expenses will be shared equally after tax is deducted by the (IRS) in your country. On ur soonest reply,I will tell you all you need to know about the money and method of operation we can use to effect remittance into ur account for our mutual benefit.Also include your full name,address and phone number. I recommend that u send ur response together with ur most private telephone number to my email:(ezeggoo@rocketmail.com) to enable me call you for more explanation.

Yours sincerely,
Phil George.
Phone:+234-8023605271

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