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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: william <kwbamso@webmaster.com>
Reply-To: kwchambers@mseppdo-portal.org
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:36:01 -0500
Subject: Important reply now

Attention: Beneficiary.

I am Barr K .Williams the attorney to an Engineer, a citizen of your country
who died inter-state in a Boating accident On January 27, 2008.Until his
death he was an international exporter of petroleum products. He left the
sum of Twenty Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($20,100.000.00 USD) in
his estate.Several attempts to trace our client relatives has prove
abortive, as enquiries to country embassy prove unsuccessful. It has taken
us more than three years of continuous search to arrive at this stage. A
decisive decision was taken to trace his last name over the internet to
locate any member of his family, to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client due to the timeline set for clearance of
the deposit by holding security and finance
company that expires within 15 working days. Failure to keep to this date,
risks confistication of depositThis led us to contact you because of your
last name resemblance to our client as next of kin.

Our client while alive was actively involved in humanitarian activities, to
help the poor and the needy in several communities. It is our hope that you
will be able to continue with this as next of kin. My proposal to you is
that 40% of this money would be for me while 60% will be for you as the next
of kin 5% mapped out for expenses that might be incurred by both parties in
the cause of settlement of this matter. There after I will visit your
country for disbursement.

Kindly furnish and reconfirm your personal details as follow :(1) Full name:
(2) Home and Office Address: (3) Gender: (4) Age: (5) Occupation: (6) Cell
Number:(7)Nationality:


Please make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and don not
disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well
as the success of it depends on absolute confidentiality. Get back to me
through this email: kwchambers@mseppdo-portal.org.
I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Yours sincerely
Barr K.Willaims

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