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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: "BARRISTER TAN.S. RAZAK" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:59:19 +0800
Subject: Your Urgent Response.

Tan .S.Razak Legal Solicitors & Advocate
Jalan Datuk Mohd Musa,94300
Kota Samarahan,Sarawak Malaysia
Email- tansifidarazak2@sify.com
Tel +60 17 31 42 141
Direct Line +60 10 202 7001.


I am barrister T. S. Razak a financial and legal Consultant with Razak chamber in Malaysia.
I am contacting you in respect of a business as follows; I had a late foreign client an America Citizen by name Mr. Joseph Brown Kennedy,
He was A Road Contractor engineer in my country and he made a Fixed Deposit of $19,000,000:00 USD (Nineteen Million United States Dollars) in a financial institution here.
Upon maturity, the financial institution sent a notification letter to his address but there was no reply. After a month another reminder was sent by my chamber and l wrote the
financial institution about the death of my late client,because he lost his wife and the only son in 2004 tsunamis natural disaster while on their holiday in Phuket Thailand.
You can visit the website for more clarification on; http://faculty.washington.edu/moberle/Tsunami/Tsunami.htm



Since l got notification letter from the financial institution to present my client relative for the claim of the fund,
then I made attempts to trace his relative or heir but all effort was fruitless because he came to my country in early 90s. Then,
I decide to contact America research of commerce for any person l can present as my late client appointed beneficiary;
this is how l got your contact. My late client did not declare any other name on the deposited documents except the late son name.
And according to Laws of my country at the expiration of seven years, the money will be revert to the ownership of the Government if no one applies to claim the fund.
This is my reason for seeking for a foreigner as my late client relative to stand in as the legitimate appointed beneficiary present by my chamber as the local representative attorney.
And when l authorize the transfer of my late client fund to you as l cannot claim it on my own we will share the $19,000.000:00 USD in the ratio of 50%/50%
as a foreign partner. And the 50% will be mine as the attorney and legal custodian of the said deposit;I want you to know there is no risk as all the paperwork to
transfer the fund to you in your country will be done in your name legally with my position.



However, if this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.
Upon full acceptance and acknowledgment of this Urgent business, do not hesitate to contact me for more
information on how this business will be carrying out within two weeks.
l will appreciate your interest and immediate respond.



Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Tan S.Razak


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