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: "ESPN STAR ALBAN CHAMBER" <bbclondon@london.com>
Reply-To: albanchamberuk@fastservice.com
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:40:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: contact offer/ job offer/ investment offer/ project offer




ALBAN CHAMBER ESPN STAR CRICKET UK LONDON NO 33-41 DALLINGTON STREET
LONDON, ECIV OBB, UNITED KINGDOM TEL: +44-7010030189, +44-7010031043, Fax
No; 00447010031529.
(www.espnstar.com) (albanchamberuk@fastservice.com)

I am Professor. A.R Chamberlain the Alban chamber ESPN STAR CRICKET UK
LONDON.
Contact us for any possible business co-operation, we are ready and
interest to invest in the follow investment sectors: real estate,
factories, construction companies, 3 star hotel or 5 star, oil and gas,
agriculture, mining and transportation, spot contract, network tower
contract project,

If you think you have a solid background and ideas of handling any of the
above mentioned business sectors in your country, we are ready to
facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual
return on investment (A.R.O.I.),

I will be happy to hear from you if you have a corporate or personal
focus on the above investment sector, after our compromise about the
business, we can only issue the fund invest through bank to bank only, we
need a strong assurance and warrantee to handle the investment to you,
contact the in charge on this email via …… albanchamberuk@fastservice.com

If you’re ready and interested contact the in charge with your CV via
(albanchamberuk@fastservice.com), I look forward to hearing from you
immediately,
Thank you for your time and attention.
Best Regards,
Professor A.R. Chamberlain. …………. (albanchamberuk@fastservice.com).

Anti-fraud resources: