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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: "Mrs. Natalie J. Philips" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <awjn@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:08:20 +0100
Subject: Good information for you.

My Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Natalie J. Philips, I am a US citizen. I am 49 years Old. My residential address is as follows, 3777 Oak Avenue Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 United States. Right now I am thinking of relocating since I resolved my scam experience and got compensated. I am one of those that took part in the Scammed Victims Compensation Exercise organized by the Nigerian Scammed Victims Reconciliation Commission in 2006 but since then they refused to pay me because I was working with the wrong office. I had paid over $4,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

However I later decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents and I was directed to meet Barrister Harvey George, who is a member of the Compensation Award Committee. On contacting him, he explained everything to me and went further to state that whoecver is contacting us via emails and asking us for more and more money before we can get our grants sent to us are fake,

He took me to the paying bank for the claims of my Compensation Payment. Right now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $30,000.00. Moreover, Barrister Harvey George showed me the full information of those that are yet to recieve their payments and said he has been trying to reach them but he's yet to hear from some of them. I took a copy of the list promising to contact those that I can cus I am on the course to save as many misinformed scam victims as I can. I have tried my best by reaching the ones I can since I came back to USA, right now I'm at the verge of my relocation plans, so I decided to write the rest with clear confirmation that what ever transaction you are having with Nigerian agent/representatives over emails is fake
if you have not been contacted and verified through the Barrister. Meanwhile, I saw your name (email address) as one of the Beneficiaries which is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those scamers, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. Even if you do not have the time or money to travel, you can still conbtact him and work out something with him cus he is a very nice man.

I will advise you to contact Barrister Harvey George. You have to contact him directly on this information below.

JOAKIN COMPENSATION HOUSE
Name: Harvey George
Email: barr.harveygeorge_esq@live.com



Out of experience I am telling you that those people are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Harvey George was just $905USD (Nine Hundred and five United States Dollars) for the paper works, TAKE NOTE OF THAT. Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Harvey George so that he can help you receive your compensation funds of $180,000.00 or more depending on the amount you loosed to scam, the only thing you need to do is make sure you keep copies of the slip you used to make payments to those scamers cus he will ask for a proof that you where truely a scam vicitim, just like myself instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Honestly
Mrs. Natalie J. Philips
GM GoldMine Consults
email: natbigred_09@blumail.org

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