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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: MKNL <mknl2010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mkeo201@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:31:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply.



Attn Please,



How are you and your entire family? Hope all is well with you to the glory of Almighty God



My name is Dr. Mike Nicholas Oduh, the regional manager of International Commercial Bank of Ghana Ltd (ICB) in Takoradi, as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.



On the course of the last year business report , I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Six Million Five Hundred Thousand, US Dollars ( $6,500,000.00 ) which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow account with no beneficiary.



As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 25% of the total funds as commission.



There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept to work with me i will be appreciated.



Reply as soon as possible, if you think we can work together so that we can move the deal. I will provide my phone and fax numbers and my Identification copy on your request.



Thanking you in advance as I waits for your urgent response for more details.



Yours truly,

Dr. Mike Nicholas Oduh

(Regional Manager ICB Ghana)



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