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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: "Stephen Frazer" <stevfrazer@googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 19:01:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: please reply urgently


from stephen frazer

I am Mr.stephen frazer, Manager of a bank in South Africa.I have urgent
and very confidential business proposition for you.
Mr.Richard Jacobsen , a Gold and Miner Dealer made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit, valued at US$32,000,000.00 (Thirty-Two Million Dollars) in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder his
forwarding address, and was told that Mr.Richard died from an automobile
accident.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Richard did
not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$32,000,000.00 is
still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it.therefore since i have documents relating to the account,i can
prove that you are related to him.Consequently, my proposal is that I will
like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.Richard so
that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of
some corrupt government officials.The money will be paid into your account
for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
Please send me an mail with further information about yourself before we
proceed further. Awaiting your urgent reply via my
email[stevfrazer@googlemail.com)
Thanks and regards.
Mr.stephen frazer



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