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: Peter James <j_peter56@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: petjames11@g.pl
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:25:13 +0800
Subject: Distribution Of Funds.......



A cry for help,

My name is Mr Peter James, a native of Britain , I have diagnosed with
Esophageal Cancer that was
discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has
defiled all form of medicine
and right now, I have only about a few months to live according to
medical experts. I have not
particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone
not even myself but my
business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to
people and only focus on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all
this as I now know that
there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money
in the world. I believe when
God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my
life a different way from how I
have lived it. Now that I know my time is near, I have willed and
given most of my properties and
assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a
few close friends.

I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this
to be one of the last good
deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in Africa ,
U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly, I cannot do this my self
any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of my
accounts and donate the money,
which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria , they refused
and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have
left for them.

The last of my money which is the huge cash deposit that I have with a
financial institute abroad
.I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to
charity organizations. I am
writing this from my laptop computer in my sickbed where I wait for my
time to come. I pray that
God uses you to support me.

Please get back to me through my private email<petjames11@g.pl>

Looking forward to your hearing from you.

Mr. Peter James.

Anti-fraud resources: