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: "TAOFEEK" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:11:26 +0700
Subject: From Mr.Roland Peters......

Mr.Roland Peters
Tel: +447031889925
125 London Wall
London, EC2Y 5AJ
United Kingdom
JP Morgan CHASE BANK FOREIGN OPERATIONS

Attn: Please,

My name is Raymond Wood I work with JP Morgan chase bank here in London, I am Contacting you to know if you cans make a deal with me, I discovered an unclaimed funds of USD $ 15.7M (Fifteen Million Seven Hundred Us Dollars Only) in our bank. Of one Late American Contractor Richard Graham.

He supplied the petroleum equipment to One Trident Corporation, a multi-national oil corporations operating from London, England, UK. The payment has been processed and the check has been paid into his account but the bank is finding it Difficult to get in touch with uterus. The Last We Heard from uterus was when he made a supply to a company in Japan and he Findings from our recent Died in Tsunami in Japan as a result of the earthquake. And We have tried to get across to any of the family members all to no avail

The deal Between you and I now is that, I will from present you as the next Of kin and send your information to the authority for legal approval Document to Enable you claim this fund. Actually I don't have to Involve myself Officially Because of my job, but I know what is Required to get this funds released to You..Without taking much of Your time here are the needed information of yours to reference this transfer legitimately into your designed Bank Account.

Your Full Name: _______________
Your Complete Address:____
Country:________________
Mobile Number:________________
Fax Number:_____________________
Age: _____________
Occupation: ________________
Copy Of (I.D Card or Driver's License)__________
Company Name (If any) Position and Address___________


Please if you are not willing and Interested in Helping me Kindly delete this e-mail from your computer and pretend you never got it.

Regards
Roland Peters
JP Morgan Chase Bank.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS

Anti-fraud resources: