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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: "Freed Huisman." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <freedhuisman@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 02:09:35 +0100
Subject: Contact me if intrested..


Good day,

My name is Freed Huisman, I work with the Finance Monetary auditing Unit here in theNetherlands,we are in charge of auditing forieng account holders in all various banks here in Netherlands. I found your contact email address through my countrie international Web directory.

During our last annual inspections of all various bank accounts here in theNetherlands, My department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US$ 6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar) which was
deposited by one late Mr.Jerry R. Williams a British citizen.

From My investigation I found out that the late Jerry R.Williams has no beneficiary or next of kin to claim these
Funds.(US$ 6,500,000.00)and to the law of my country here in Netherlands when an account is dormant for more than
eight 8 years the authority has every tendency to confisticate the account,this is why am contacting you to stand for me as the next of kin or beneficiary to this account deceast since you are not a Netherlands citizen, with all support proof documents to show for it with the help of my lawyer upon hearing from you.

I will need us to work together if you are interested, and I assure you that I will provide all useful information’s and documentation that we enable us transfer this funds into your bank account legally without any problem.I would explain better to you on phone onversation upon hearing from you as I wait to hear from you soon.

Kindly write me directly with your contacts on my private email:freedhuisman@aol.com

Best Regards,
Freed Huisman

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