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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: "Odd Vorhaug" <odd@teamconsult.no>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:27:53 +0200
Subject: VS: [SPAM]: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL,



-----Opprinnelig melding-----
Fra: PEDRO LOPEZ [mailto:aaxcsdecur@terra.es]
Sendt: 17. april 2010 18:21
Til: undisclosed-recipients:
Emne: [SPAM]: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL,

Mr. Pedro Lopez
Royal Bank of Scotland
JosÊ Ortega y Gasset 7 & 29
28006 Madrid
Spain.
Phone Number +34688210973

Please send your response to (pedrolopezped@aol.com)

Dear Sir/Madam

My name is Mr.Pedro Lopez, what I have that may be of interest to you is a
business proposal that will benefit you.I work with the Royal Bank of
Scotland here in Madrid Spain. The main reason I am writing to you is based
on a Corporate Bank account that has been lying dormant for some years now,
it was owned by a late Canadian industrialist.

Due to my investigations, I found out that she died on 22nd of
September,2001 from injuries sustained from an auto crash in venezuela,
with no child, next of kin or relative. But before her death she had
mandated us to raise a draft to transfer the funds in her corporate account
to one, Mr.Daniel Raul, a contractor, being payment for his contractual
services for the supply and installation of drilling equipments, and
aviation parts made as supplies to her oil servicing and aviation company in
Venezuela.

Unfortunately he also died in the crash alongside with her while visiting
her in Venezuela. The fact that Mr.Daniel is the supposed beneficiary of
the funds is not known to anybody, except a few of us involved in this
transaction. We have for many years made frantic efforts to trace any of his
surviving relatives but to no success.

If we do not trace any of his relatives, then the funds will end up being
reverted to the British Government or repatriated to Canada. We are
therefore soliciting your support in order for us to present you from the
Company as the contractor who had actually executed the contract and is
entitlted to the funds in the account as his contractual payment. Once this
is done, we will give a certain percentage of the funds to you and keep the
rest for ourselves. I will inform you more on how to get the account
transferred to you upon your response by email.

I would want you to have it in mind that this project is 100% risk free.
Also have it in mind that your area of specialization or Sex is of no
importance to your helping us in this impending transaction please feel very
free to contact me on this phone number

Tel:0034688210973.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Pedro Lopez

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