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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 Rhodes Bakare" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.rhodesbakare1@secretarias.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:18:45 +0100
Subject: Confidential Message For You

From The Desk of: Barrister Rhodes Bakare.

NATWEST Bank London.

Private Tel: +447024026579

Dear Beneficiary

Hope you are doing great today; I am barrister Rhodes Bakare workin with Mr. Richard Moorin an accountant with NATWEST Bank London. , I discovered an abandoned sum of 8.5 million u.s.dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign clients Late Mr. Adrian Gomez from Puerto Rico, a contractor and an associate of The chairman of German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's company in Paris, both of whom where returning from a meeting in ThyssenKrupp's Brazilian unit CSA was on board the Air France flight that disappeared over the Atlantic ocean.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that his funds left behind with the bank valued at about (8.5 million U.S. Dollars) will be paid to your nominated bank account within the next Six (6) official working days. The reason for contacting you is because you are a foreigner and can act in the capacity of the next of kin to my deceased client, I will share the money in this ratio 50% to me, 50% to you. For clarity, this transaction is 100% risk free and you have nothing to worry about as all necessary machineries will in place to make sure this fund is paid to you as the legitimate beneficiary.


To commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e- mail and enclose your private contact telephone number and fax number full name and address to the listed email id I have given you (barr.rhodesbakare@secretarias.com) enable me file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.

Yours
Barrister Rhodes Bakare

Private Email: barr.rhodesbakare1@secretarias.com
Private Tel: +447024026579

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