joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Diamond <robertdiamond@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: robert-diamond@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:56:58 +0700
Subject: Good-day Sir




Sir,

I am Dr.Robert Diamond, a Legal Practitioner and adviser to the German
property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their
daughter Andrea Eich 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children
Katharina eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet crash of
July 2000.

Since this event occurred, I have traveled to Germany, made several
contacts as I was directed, but I could not trace Andreas Schranner?s
extended families or next of kin. Since July 2000, I had dispatched
notice through the German Embassy, but there is no info till date, and
I have all Will containing his Estate with me.

Only three days ago, I received letter from his Bank here in London,
demanding the next of kin to Adreas Schranner to receive his Estate
worth United States Dollars Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand
(US$12.5M), and after all my attempt, I discovered that all his
families were perished in the jet crash, and I have made up my mind to
contact you to receive his Estate for our investments.
I have all docs containing his Will, and other info as I?m the only
person who knows about this matter and who can present a next of kin,
before the bank can release his funds. So I want you and I to claim
these funds, and invest it. If you agree, I will introduce you to the
Bank to release the funds.

Also I would like us to meet to discuss the sharing percentage and
type of investments to go into, and I will work with you. Kindly click
on the below info to view the site of the Concorde plane crash:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

TAKE NOTE:

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINE HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY
REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER SOME YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFER INTO
THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. THE REQUEST OF FOREIGNER AS NEXT
OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER
WAS A FOREIGNER AS CONTAINED IN THE WILL WITH ME, AND I CANNOT STAND
AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.

As soon as I hear from you, I will send you more info and educate you
on how to proceed to claim the funds. The Bank is aware and they are
part of us, to invest these funds.

I look forward to hear from you, and your cooperation.

Robert Diamond.
Legal Adviser.


Anti-fraud resources: