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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: John V Sheppard <johnsheppard2@globomail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:18:09 +0200
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE IS NEED

Friendly greetings to you.

You might receive my letter in your spam folder due to high volume of my
letter to you, please bear with me me. Let me start by introducing myself.
I am Mr John Sheppard, the chief financial officer of Deutsche Bank AG
London UK. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you. An American Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant /Contractor with the Chevron
Petroleum Corporation Company named Late Mr. Thomas Stone made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$12,000,000.00
(Twelve Million) United State Dollars in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract an
employer that is the Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant confirmed to us that he
was actually dead.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Before the time of his death, he had on a visit to my branch office
confided in me that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.
Therefore, Twelve million United State Dollars is still lying in my bank
and no one will ever come forward to claim it. It is against this backdrop
that my suggestion that I would like you as a foreigner to stand as the
next of kin to Thomas Stone so that you will be able to receive his funds
for our mutual benefit. We will share the fund at the ration of 60% for me
while 40 % for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the attorney and my position as the Chief Financial officer
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please kindly reply to this email immediately. Upon receiving
your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me
your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Also I
wish for you to please observe utmost confidentiality over this
proposition, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us at the end, provided we both work hand in hand to
achieve success. Your earliest response to this email would be greatly
appreciated. Email:

Regards,
John v Sheppard.
Email::::: johnvsheppard34@gmail.com

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