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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: Hashim <hashiwil@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:48:00 -0800
Subject: Hello friend


28th Floor, Public Bank Tower
19 Jalan Wong Ah Fook
80000 Johor Bahru
Malaysia. Tel: +60178731942
E-mail : hashiwil@yahoo.com
Dear,
My name is Barr. H. William a legal practitioner with Mohammed Yusuf & Co, in Johor Bahru Malaysia. I got your contacts and decided that you could cooperate with me in this proposition and I believed fully that you can handle this transaction well as a real man.

I have a client who passed away on the 10thof November, 2007, residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia here before his death. I am contacting you because I felt that you could assist me in securing the fund left behind by my late client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the funds was deposited. The total amount of funds in the account of my deceased client is US$ 17.8 Million (Seventeen Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States dollars only). And it can be declared un-serviceable by the bank if they get the next of kin/beneficiary of my deceased client.

The Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin/beneficiary to my late client or have the account declared unserviceable. Hence, I am contacting you to seek your consent in presenting you as the next-of-kin/beneficiary to my late client. This will enable the proceeds of this account to be paid to you as the legitimate beneficiary/next of kin.

This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and I have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for onward investment. Upon conclusion of this transaction, 40% of the total sum will be yours for your honest commitment and positive contributions to enhance the success of this transaction, and 10% will be for expenses while the remaining 50% will be mine All the legal documentations to back up claims as the deceased next-of-kin/beneficiary will be provided by me.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any infraction of the law.
Please if you’re interested and serious to stand for it, just send me your detail information’s, like:
(1.) OCCUPATION …………………………………………..
(2.) ADDRESS ……………………………………………….
(3.) COUNTRY ………………………………………………
(4.) PHONE NUMBER ………………………………………
(5.) AND YOUR BANK DETAILS …………………………
(6.) FULL NAME ……………………………………………..

Yours faithfully
Barr H. William ( ESQ ) hashiwil@yahoo.com


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