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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: Mebele Chambers <privatecontact18a@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:46 +0400
Subject: Attention

Attention

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER MEBELE ADAMS
Bankruptcy Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Family Law, commercial
litigation , Immigration & Naturalization Law, Probate & Estate
Administration, Wills, Taxation Law.


I am Barrister Mebele Adams, an attorney at law. I discovered your email
(address) and information through a comprehensive web search on the
internet so I decided to contact you.I know this may sound like a scam, as
plenty dubious activities are taking place over the internet today but I
assure you that this is authentic. A deceased client of mine named Mr
Peter Corvalan,, who herein referred to as my client died as a result of a
heart-related conditions on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was
caused due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air
Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50
p.m. ET as reported on

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and properties
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these funds were deposited.

I want you to know that the bank have issued me 12 months notice to
provide the Next of Kin or they have the fund confiscated, and this
ultimatum expires by next month. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over two years now.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin so that the proceed
of this ($6.500.000) Six million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars can be
released to you and then you and I can share the money, 40% for me 40% for
you, and the remaining 20% will be for charity home. All I require is your
honest co-operation to enable us see this business through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. As we proceed you will begin
to realize that it is risk free. Only i have to instruct you on what and
what to do at everytime.Get in touch if you want to work with me with
below information for further proceeding

Your Full Name
Your Telephone And Fax Numbers If Any fax
Your Current address
Your Age
Your Occupation
Copy Of Your Id Proof

Your above information i will submitte to the bank as my late client next
of kin to enable them arrange for the transfer of the fund to any bank
account as you will nominate so do not hesitate to send them in ur reply
for further Proceeding

Thanks and waiting to hear from you
Sincerely yours,
Mebele Adams(Esq)



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