joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "John van der Veer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j_vanderveer1@live.nl>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:06:39 +0100
Subject: Hello

Please Read Carefully,

The completion of the legal merging between my Bank Abn Amro N.V. with Fortis Bank N.V. (Fortis Bank Nederland) means the two banks can now make accelerated progress in integrating their activities. With effect from the merger date, they will be allowed to exchange and share client information and can start the technical migration of client data in the central system of ABN AMRO N.V. The proposed management appointments previously announced will also officially take effect at this time.

I was made head of service in my department by the Board of directors of my bank ABN AMRO N.V. (The Netherlands) to compile all credit accounts that has been in operation with the bank.

Copy and paste the Web link for more Details About The Merging News:-
http://www.abnamro.com/en/press-room/press-release-archive/2010/Completion_of_legal_merger.html

During the compilation of all credit accounts, I discovered a credit account with A/C N0: NL85-ABNA-60.83.41.843 and ($7,467,000.00Million Dollars) deposited. My investigation and document confirmed in his account file reveals that the investor died without a WILL, and It was A German who Ran car maker BMW's museum and that was the exact period the account were last operated. I can confirm with certainty that no body has ever came as heir apparent of Late Engineer Erich Anorld legacy.

The Netherlands law demands that I notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time period of ten (10) years when dormant accounts of this type are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies. The above set of facts underscores my reason for writing and making the following proposal to you. I have chosen to seek your consent to work with me as a partner to achieve this fund under the legitimacy as the heir apparent of Late Engineer Erich Anorld Without any fear or doubt arising from the bank authority. This is not a cheat, it's just an opportunity and any one with useful information regarding this account information can apply but been the only one to discover this I have to contact you. Please, do let me know your readiness towards achieving this goal together as a partner by responding to me immediately.

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. John van der Veer
Appointed Auditor
Abn-Amro Bank N. V.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
j_vanderveer@accountant.com


Anti-fraud resources: