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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: "Barrister Colman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristercoll@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:31:45 +0200
Subject: Funds in your Name

Dear sir
I am Barrister Colman seun from GLOBAL MANDATE CHAMBERS
please i want to use this medium(E-mail) to seek your attention as i bring to your notice a very delicate proposal.
Last week,we received a secret notice about some funds deposited in the united bank of Africa (U.B.A) Nigeria's branch, by the late Libya military dictator,Muammar Gaddafi.
The funds (five million dollars )was said to be deposited in the Nigeria bank four months ago during the rebellion period in the quest of Qaddafi's escape and trying to keep more funds for his escape.
the bank manager who is my client has secretly notified me of the governments plan to confiscate the funds.
please i want you to accept the mandate of using your bank account to evacuate these funds from Nigeria as a means of charity works,we are prepared to make the necessary document to back the mandate up.we will prepare a document bearing your name as a mandate from the depositor to receive these funds for charity works in Africa.
after which you stand to get forty percent of the funds and sixty for me and other members of the bank's team.
please if you are interested, i will like you to send me your direct mobile number and contact details,including a copy of your driver's license or any means of identification.
to enable an immediate processing before time,the transfer processing according to the bank manager is said to take just one week.
please reply to:
barristercoll@gmail.com
Thanks.

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