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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: roland blaise <roland40010045@msn.com>
Reply-To: roland_blaise500@voila.fr
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 09:49:10 +0200
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS FAST NEEDED PLEASE DO NOT KEEP ME WAITING OR TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER PERSON

Good day,

With due respect , trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patient and read through my letter, I wish to contact you personally for a long term relationship and investment assistance in your Country, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and I have a special reason why I decided to contact you.
My name is Mr ROLAND ANADUM BLAISE I am in the Office of Auditing and Accounting File Manager with Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. In my department i discovered an abandoned Contract sum of (US$3.5M DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. RICHARD BURSON) Well Sorry To Say The Man Has Died He Is from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family on November 1999 in a plane crash

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($3.5 Million USD Dollars) to your account within 7 banking days, while every necessary arrangement should commence after I have hear from you. , This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim, and I don't want the money to go into the Reserve Bank of Burkina Faso (RBBF), as an abandoned fund ,Please I Contact You Based The We Are Not Allowed In The Bank Here As Work To Operate Foreigne Account That Is Why I Need Your Help, Please I would like you to keep this transfer as a top secret between me and you alone OK.

Please in this transfer you will always follow my instructions , what i told you is what you will do, Upon receipt of your reply i will give you full details on how the business will be executed. Now The The Process And Procedures Of The Transfer Once You Reply That You Will Handel The Transfer Very Perfect

1 You Will First Send To Me All This Bellow Information's

2, I Will Just Send To You A Plain Letter You Will Fill And Send To Bank,

3, You Will Follow Up With Bank By Replying To Them And Be Doing What They Ask, My Duty Is Given You Advice

4, You Must Not Let Bank Officials To Know That Some One Working In The Bank Knows About The Transfer , You Will Only Let Me Know Once The Money Transfer Out Of Here, I Will Stop Work To Meet You In Your Country, I Will Explain More To / Your Percentage Once You Reply That You Will Perfectly Handel The Transfer

(1) Your full name...
(2) Your address...
(3) Country..
(4) Age...
(5) Occupation.......
(6) Private telephone number
(7) Sex.
My Regards. Good Luck To Us
Mr ROLAND ANADUM BLAISE



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