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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.Racmad Matus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.racmadmatus@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:17:55 -0000
Subject: Hello Friend

From Mr.Racmad Matus
 
Auditing and Account manager
 
Compliment of the season
 
It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter, which i believe, will be a big surprise as we are both complete strangers. I work in one of the bank's here in Jakarta and I am writing to you following an opportunity in my office that will be of benefit to both of us.
 
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of (Five Million Three Hundred and Fourty Five Thousand Us Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer, Late Mr. KENNY SHAUN an American who unfortunately lost his life in the Tsunami disaster in Thailand 2004 including his wife and two of his daughters.
 
By this mandate given by the banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money if remained after Eight years, the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds. We therefore go into an agreement with you and also offer you a negotiable fee of forty five percent" of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while "ten percent" of the Fund to any Charity organizations of your choice in the same trend, while "forty five percent" will be for me.
 
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you has been finalized and we shall follow strictly all the legal procedures entailed in our laws and international laws in transferring the funds to you.The source of the funds is legitimate and authoritative.
 
Kindly notify me via my e-mail, upon you acceptance to assist me.Further details will be made available to you as soon as you reply and i shall provide you with my confidential phone number, once there is positive response from you.
 
Best regards,
Mr.Racmad Matus
mr.racmadmatus@yahoo.com

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