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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: "Mr. Benny Dixon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bennydixon212@live.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:41:22 +0700
Subject: Your quick response will be highly appreciated

I NEED YOUR IMMIDIATE RESPONSE.
 
INVESTMENT, you may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I have decided to contact you for confidential, Urgent and rewarding joint business. My name is Benny Dixon (Mr.) I was the financial adviser to the Late Congo president, LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated in February 2001 and my aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, who I can entrust the sum of US$18.3 (Eighteen million, three hundred thousand US dollars only).
 
Source of the money: I and the late president secured this money in a Bank in India, The bank have written me email to provide the with a beneficiary of this fund within 7 working days, I want to present you to the India bank as the beneficiary to the fund to enable the bank transfer to you in your account, I cannot travel out of LONDON where Iam on asylum, hence I am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.
 
If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: for you,30%, 70% for me. I have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you have access to it. Be assured that is risk-free and legitimate. Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately, indicating,
 
Your full names................
Add............................
Direct tel..................
fax number.................
Your age...............
Your occupation..................
 
Your quick response will be highly appreciated
 
Get in touch at my private email address: bennydixon212@live.com
Or you can as well call me on +447010065148
 
Regards. Benny Dixon (Mr.)
 

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