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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 Marc Aanthony" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:24:11 +0100
Subject: From Marc Anthony

Greetings,

My name is Marc Anthony a banker in Nigeria, Account officer to Engr.David Ahmedov a citizen of your country, who died Nov. 23, 2010,during the attack of Militant

time he was the manager of oil company Agip in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Am in touch with you to help me provide your information's to received $7.5million dollars filed by my client with the bank here in Nigeria, his bank is not declared unclaimed hence my reason for this contact with you. The Bank

has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be confiscated.

The bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $7.5million dollars, the management has issued me a notice, as the account officer of the deceased

to provide the next of kin, or they will have an account confiscated within the next 30 banking days.

I seek your consent to present you as next of kin to my deceased customer late Mr. David Ahmedov, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $7.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money in the following respects: 50 % will be given to you for your help 50% will be for me.

All I require is your honest co-operation. I would like you to give your phone number and fax number to me for easier communication.

I guarantee that this transaction will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please contact me through my email address or my personal mobile phone number +2348188525646

I am waiting to hear from you


Thanks

Marc Anthony
+234-8188525646

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