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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.Hellen Cart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.hellencart@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:52:41 +0100
Subject: THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED IN RECEIVING YOUR FUND!!

Dear Partner,

After waiting to hear from you or your partner for a long time now, I decided to make this direct approach to you as my new resolution in other not to let it be if I have anything in mind against you. I do not know if you have asked yourself why each time the release of this fund is approved, all of a sudden, the payment will be stopped or one problem or the other will come up if you have not asked this question or you do not know, this is an opportunity for me to tell you.

Some time ago, your friends, I mean the people that introduced you to the project approached me through my dear husband who work with the Federal Ministry of Finance and requested me to assist them conclude a money transfer deal they had with you. They requested me to assist them by removing the original contractors name, company's name and bank particulars from the BANK vetting computer and replacing it with their name and bank details in order for them to receive the funds in their account and not yours.

I agreed on condition that they will pay me US$100,000.00 as soon as their name appears as the beneficiary and after uploading their information,they saw it and decided to stop communication with me because they already have the online account information of the transfer disk.

But when i discovered that there where trying to cheat me,I decided to stop the fund release movement because I cannot be denied of my right in my own office considering the risk as it might affect my job.

Secondly, I know the source of the funds that you did not execute any contract, although I am the only person privileged to know this information and it is a fact. Why I am making this clear to you is that I can see that you are still making efforts in order to conclude this project. Now I am ready to forget the past.

I do not need the US $100,000.00 any longer from you but a good compensation from your mind. I need your assurance that those colleagues will be totally kept out of this transaction. I know that none of them is aware of my new approach to you. Stop spending your money unnecessarily to BANK to BANK Officers both here and overseas because you will not receive this money without my hand in it. I personally did the work at the beginning and only I can perform it.

Finally,I need your promise that no official of the BANK will be aware of my involvement in this regard because of my position. Now re-assure me that you will be willing to compensate me and that you will assist me to establish a foreign account in your country where my compensation will be lodged. Also a TT FUND RELEASE APPROVAL DOCUMENTS will be sent to you for endorsement after which I will remit the money within few days.

I am a woman of my word. If you are ready to conclude this business with me, kindly contact me as soon as possible so that we can have a chat over this issue once and for all.But if the reverse is the case, do not bother yourself to reach me and forget about this money.

Best Regards,

Mrs.Hellen Cart

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