joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Milliones Lottery Award." <eurromillion5500@aol.es>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:11:49 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!!




Dear friend,

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion
or willingness on this classified information that I will release to you.

Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not
want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that
will give my family a secured future because all I want is that I make use
of this opportunity because I believe this type of opportunity is what
will make us make our bones.

I am Mr Reynolds Hall, the branch manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana
Limited,First Light Branch Accra and also a professional in computer
science, It might interest you to know that I single handedly computerize
a branch in my bank to carry out professional Banking and I am 48 years
old. It might also interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't
want problem for you or any member of your family, All I want is your
assistance and Trust because this business transaction is real and I am
ready to proof the genuineness to you anytime any day. One thing I know
and I am sure of is that you will never regret having read this email and
assisting me actualize this business transaction, but if you feel you are
not interested, please do not bother replying to my email and I promise
you that I will never contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the Regional manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana Limited; it is my duty to
send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city
Accra-Ghana at the end of each year. On the course of the last three years
2007 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the
Manager made Twelve Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
[12,850.000.00] as Excess Profit which my head office are not aware of and
will never be.

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.As an officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to
this money, so this is why am contacting you for us to work so that you
can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE,
while you will have 35% of the total fund, 5% for expenses incurred. Note
there is practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer,
all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this
fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order
the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to
work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your
kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it
successfully.

NOTE:Please contact me via through my private E-mail address for more
details: reynoldshall1962@hotmail.com

Best Regards,
Mr Reynolds Hall.

Anti-fraud resources: