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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: "AZEEZ HANIFF" <fw4wfwtyegef@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:03:27 -0500
Subject: Re: Greetings To You

FROM THE DESK OF AZEEZ HANIFF
LAW CHAMBERS LEGAL SOLICITORS/
PRIVATE LAW ADDRESS: 19th FLOOR
YAYASAN SABAH BUILDING 88990 KOTA
KINABALU SABAH ,MALAYSIA

Good Day,

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm; Azeez
Haniff Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. My name is Azeez Haniff, A
personal Attorney to our late client Mr. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong who built a
hilltop casino in Malaysia (Genting Highland), Mr. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong a well
known Philanthropist, before he died, he made a Will in our law firm stating
that $3M (Three Million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any
Philanthropist of our choice out side Malaysia{Overseas.}

We have made a random draw and your name and e-mail address was picked as the
beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money
from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the
beneficiary of this Will within two weeks which happens to be you or else the
money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are
required to contact me immediately to start the process of transferring this
money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me
immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a
date limit.


CONGRATULATIONS

Regards
BARRISTER AZEEZ HANIFF [Esq.]
READ MORE ABOUT MY LATE CLIENT
http://thebiographychannel.blogspot.com/2007/11/tan-sri-lim-goh-tong-1918-23-october_23.html

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