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: Jane Williams <admin@systec.com.cn>
Reply-To: <janewilliams_39@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:50:26 +0100
Subject: HOW ARE YOU DEAR?

Dear Beloved,

Let me first of all inform you that I got your email address from a mail Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead. I am Ms. Jane Williams from Holland, I am married to Dr. Anderson Williams from United Kingdom who was an oil & gas consultant/contractor in Asia for twenty six years before he died as a result of heart-attack and we were married but without Any children. Since his death I decided not to remarry and presently I am 69 Years old. When my late husband was Alive he made a fixed deposit of twelve calender months valued $9.2 Million United States dollars with one of the Financial Institution in Asia.

Presently this fund is still with the Financial Institution and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the deposited fund or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over. Accidentally I found myself in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of Stroke and Brain Tumor all together. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. Please I want a reliable and trustworthy person that will utilize 60% of this money to help motherless, homeless and underprivileged people around the globe eg. Somalia, but in our name (Dr and Ms Anderson Williams Foundation).

As soon as I receive your reply with great assurance that you will act according to my wish, I shall issue a letter of authorization to the Financial Institution that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this deposited fund.

Please provide me with your personal details such as:

Full Name: .............................. ........
Gender: .............................. ...........
Age: .............................. ..............
Occupation: .............................. .......
Address: .............................. ..........
Nationality: .............................. ......
Country: .............................. ..........
Phone No. .............................. .........
Int'l Passport/ID card number: ..................

After I must have received your personal details as requested by me, I will pray over it before forwarding them to the Financial Institution with a written instruction of my intention to have my funds released to you.

Please beloved , assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get into your possession. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.

Anticipating your urgent reply.

Blessings,

Jane Williams


Anti-fraud resources: