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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: "INGRAM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <heruingram@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:19:11 -0700
Subject: SIR

From: Heru Ingram 5 Abrrat Mamura, Zahara. Cairo - Egypt. Tel: +20197013432 E-fax: +15759935135 E-Mail: ingram@europrimebrokers.com Dear Sir, I am Mr. Heru Ingram, I work in International operation department in a Local Bank here in Egypt, while on a routine inspection, I discovered a dormant domiciliary account withholding balance of USD 84,000,000, that has long been floating in a dormant account without any beneficiary. I traced the account and discovered that the account holder is dead long ago, I also discovered that the account has no beneficiary or next of kin, and that the bank is ready to honor and pay anybody with correct information of the account as the beneficiary/next of kin, this is the reason I contacted you for your cooperation with me to claim the funds from the dormant account with your name as next of kin/beneficiary. If you are interested in claiming the funds as beneficiary send me your private Telephone and Fax number including full details of your Account as below: Bank name..... Bank address..... Account........... Account/Beneficiary name..... I am a 56yrs old, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), I am an Auditor working for Banks, NGo's, Government and private establishments etc. Being that the late account holder is a foreigner, a foreign beneficiary is required, I am contacting you for us to do the deal together, you will take 40% of the total amount when transferred, I will take 50% and 10% will be given to the officials who are the insiders in the bank that will facilitate the transaction. The security of this business is 100% guaranteed, and there will never be any question both now or in future because HERITAGE is never a crime anywhere, also, anybody, organization, foundation or even animals can INHERIT, this deal is properly organized, before the money goes to your account, we will obtain all heritage papers as required, and I will send you the papers too for you to verify, so there will never be any question either from your bank or Government, be rest assured. I am waiting for your urgent reply. Best Regards, Heru Ingram. Tel: +20197013432 E-fax: +15759935135 E-Mail: ingram@europrimebrokers.com

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