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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 Mark Akovo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mark.akovo@live.fr>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:48:22 +0100
Subject: Your Urgent Attention Please

Attention Please

Permit me to use this means to seek your partnership in this transfer opportunity.
I am Mr. Mark Akovo, A personal accountant officer. I am contacting you regarding my client who bear the same last name with you, and this is the major reason why I have choose to contact you to share this benefits with me.

my client and his entire family were involved in a fatal motor accident along the Port Novo express road years back, which unfortunately claimed their lives, with out sparing any occupants of the vehicle.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy just to locate any relation of my client, but on all my efforts could not get any of his relative, then decided to trace his last name over the internet, and I came across your name which is why I have chose to contacted you as partner to assist me in securing the money and property left behind by my late client.

I am particularly interested in securing the funds of $18.5 million usd he lodged here, because the financial firm has issued a notice to me as his officer clearly instructing me to produce the Beneficiary to the said account within the next ten official working days, or else the fund 18.5million USD will be confiscated to the government account and the government official will end up sharing it among themselves.

Considering these fact, I need your consent to enable me produce you as the beneficiary to my late client, since you both bear the same last name, The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and the sharing ratio will be 60% for me and 40% for you.

if you are willing to cooperate with me, get back with the following information .

Your full name..................Your direct phone numbers...................Your occupation...................Your age.......................Your country and contact
Address.......................

This information’s will be use to commence some changes on my client File as his beneficiary.

This is 100% risk free, because I have in place all the documents to achieve this claim, so I will need your promptness in understanding and co-operation to make sure the fund is transfer to your position before next week end.

i wait for your urgent response to my private email: mark.akovo@live.fr

Regards,

Mr. Mark Akovo


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