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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. Wesley Greenfield" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westgreencom1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:15:05 +0100
Subject: Response Needed Asap

Dear Sir/Madam  
 
I am sure that the receipt of this mail will be of utmost blessing to you .However sorry to marvel you a bit and take some of your time in going through this unpredicted letter of entreaty for your for bearing and facilitation.
I wish to inform you I was the intimate and entrusted/personal Accountant to the late Engr  Alexander O. Claire, whose life and that of his entire family was cut short in a ghastly  motor accident 2008 on their way back from vacation from a country side in Liverpool in the  United Kingdom on the 26th of December 2008 My late client was a Director for a maintenance  culture of the CHEVRON out reach in London I have made several search  here to trace any of  my clients extended/distant relatives, which resulted abortive.
 
After these ineffectual exertions, I decided to search through, with his genealogical names in other to locate any member of his lineage therefore reason why I channeled this inquest to you.  
 
I have contacted you to facilitate in the fund transmittal of total valued at £7,500,000.00 (seven million five hundred thousand British Pounds) that was entrusted in a bank by my late client, before it gets expropriate or declared nonfunctional by the bankers here in the United Kingdom where this huge amount were retained.  
 
The bank has authorized me with official observations to provide the next of kin or have his account expropriated within the next fifteen official working days since i am his personal accountant Because I have been unable to make this relationship linkage contact, I wish to seek your carte blanche to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the ditto pedigree's names, so that this fund can be paid to you. So, on receipt of your positive reaction, we will then determine the sharing quota and modus vivendi of the transfer.
 
My demand from you is your sincere willingness and motivated spirited efforts to enhance the ascendancy of this covenant.  
I hereby give you warranty that this covenant will be consummated with all total repute to  all statutory pecking order that will protect you from any fissure of all existing charter.
 
Contact me back for further instructions on how to proceed to claim these funds, providing me your private telephone/fax Number, age, occupation and identifications.
 
(Either your International passport Copy or Drivers license Copy) 
Kindly reply me via my alternative email address (wesleygreenfieldforall@gmail.com)
 
Yours truly,
Mr. Wesley Greenfield
76A Belsize Lane ,
London NW3 5BJ
Direct Telephone + 44 - 703-191-3052
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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