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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 JAMES BROWN <g200647@johnnnymails.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE CALL ME

Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.James Brown,i am working as a network administrator with one of the bank here in Ghana,one of our client by name Mr.Fernandez from Haiti had a fix deposit 9 Million USD with our bank.He was a gold merchant who was trading gold from Ghana to western world, he travel home an unfortunately he was a victim of the recent earth quake that killed more than 300,000 people.

Last week the 3 directors of our bank had a meeting and concluded that the deposit of the late Mr.Fernandez will be frozen and shared among them self if not body comes as the next of kin of the account to claim the fund.As the network administrator of the bank,i have all the info of the account and I'll want you to present your self as the next of kin to the account so the funds can be transferred to you.

Your physical presence is not needed here in Ghana since all communication will be online and the fund will be transferred to your designated account that you will provide to the bank.I'll provide you with all the information's that the bank will request from you to enable you claim the funds as the next of kin to the late Mr.Fernandez.

It is better we take the money and share than the directors of the bank taking the money and share among them selves,as the network administrator of the bank i have all the information of the account and I'll advise you on what to do.All i need you from you is trust because i don't want you to disappoint me when the funds is finally transferred to your account.
Please kindly let me know if you are interested in this proposal so we can proceed fast.
Regards,
James.




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