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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 TOM WEST <mrtomwest2010@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:42:20 +1000
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Tom West Ade the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department in a Bank.Actually, I have a very urgent & confidential
Business Proposal for you & for our overall mutual interest.On the 6th of
March 2003, our Customer, an American National, late Jeffrey Collman, An Oil
Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited, a
valued amount of US$32Million in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a notification to his forwarded address but got no
reply. After a month we sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his
contract employers NNPC, that late Jeffrey Collman, until his death
years.after my further investigation, I found out that he did! not leave a WILL and
all attempts to trace his Next of kin were fruitless. again I therefore
made further investigation and discovered that late Jeffrey Collman, did not
declare any Next of kin in all his official documents.


Should you be interested,So we can commence all arrangements? And I will
Give you more information on how we would handle This project. Please treat
this business with utmost Confidentiality and send me the Following
information's bellow to enable us commence immediately:

(1) Full names....................................................
(2) Private phone number.................................
(3) Current residential address........................
(4) Occupation...................................................
(5) Age and Sex................................................
(6)Confidential email address...............................

Let's consider that our ratio of sharing will be as stated Thus 1. I as the
Originator of the Fund will take 60% of the transferable Fund.
2. You as the Manager of the Fund will take 40% of the transferable Fund.

Most importantly, Confidentiality as what I saw as the life wire to the
success of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated between you and
me. You have to use this media to promise me that you will not in anyway
expose the content of this transaction to anybody be it your
Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers.



Thank You And Remain blessed,


Mr.Tom West




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