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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: Lateefa Masud <lateefa.masud@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:26:06 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Read and Confirm.

Hello,

I am Lateefa Masud the Assistant Accountant general of ExxonMobil Malaysia,one of the largest oil companies with over 1.2trillion capital investmentfund,nevertheless as the accountant general I handle all staff welfare accounts and i extracted 1.2% excess maximum return capital profits(EMRCP)per annum on each of the staffs capital fund.As an expert i have made over $10.7m from the staffs EMRCP and hereby looking For someone to trust who will stand as an investor to receive the fund as annual investment proceed from shell capital fund of 2007. Moreover, I kept this fund in Malaysian security company since over two years plus before i was been transferred to United Kingdon ExxonMobil COMPANY.

I am sorry if this is not in line with your business,i need an experienced person like you to assist me to set up and develop the project assumed responsibility of ownership as chairman but will be bringing in profit distribute profit monthly or annually,your immediate reply will be highly appreciated and i shall give you more information on this project,all confirm able documents to back up the claims will be made available to you for payment Prior to your acceptance.I am looking forward for your reply urgently before our team of auditors arrived for the year general auditing. However,i have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the fund can be claimed by you.I will offer you 35% of the total money at the end of the transaction while i take 65%,please kindly note that we have few days left to round up this transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for all concerned.

Please kindly declare your interest in this offer as soon as you receive this mail.

NB:Urgent Response Needed.

Regards,

Ms Lateefa Masud






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