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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: "David Andreas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidandreasgh@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:51:43 +0430
Subject: From David Andreas.

Hello Friend.
It is my pleasure to contact you today, it is also a privilege to disclose this important profit and benefiting transaction Deal to you, I will need your cooperations ,secrecy and follow my instruction in all I will say, I have not done a bad thing to see a good opportunity and disclose it to you, so that we can team together and enjoy the fruit, so if you are not interested and not ready to proceed, just delete my proposal and never email me, is better than contacting the said bank to disclose my plan, please I plead with humbly words .
Am the lawyer/representative of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi , I became his lawyer on the faithful day he visited my office with six body guards requesting for my assistance as his lawyer here in Ghana to make agreement for him and NDC political parties top boss, which his name is not relevant in this transaction.
The agreement was to protect the two parties on the Crude Oil shipment from Libya to Accra Ghana port Tema , I finished the agreements and my late client Saif al-Arab Gaddafi who is Gaddafi Grandson loved me so much and brought me near close to him, that he disclose all the Crude Oil deal with him and the partner .
He was paid in $140,000,000.00 Dollars in the supply, the cheque was issued by the partner, which I and Saif al-Arab Gaddafi cleared in Fidelity Bank tower, we Lodged the fund in an account opened by Saif al-Arab Gaddafi In fidelity Bank Ghana, he transferred Immediately $70,000,000.00 Million to Libya, this happened recently before I had my client death, who died in Libya bombing .
The left over $70,000,000.00 Million dollars in the account, he discussed with the bank, that it will be transferred to his partner which no country was mentioned, for 5 star hotel constructions he planned to build with his partner, since fidelity Bank Ghana trust me and know me as his lawyer, I want to present you to fidelity Bank Ghana as Saif al-Arab Gaddafi foreign partner who he instructed me as his lawyer to instruct fidelity Bank Ghana to wire the $70,000,000.00 Million dollars before he meet his death for the hotel construction, as his foreign partner .
Email me directly to my private email address to give you more details   : davidandreasgh@hotmail.com
 
I wait to Hear from you
Barrister: David Andreas.

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