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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: "Dennis Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dennismooremoore43@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:18:41 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend...Goodday

Dear Friend,

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action.

I am Dennis Moore by name, I am a Banker and I work with Reserve Bank of South Africa as Account Auditor, I need you to stand as a beneficiary to the sum of $6.5 millions united state dollars lying down unclaimed in our bank, what really happened is that during the course of our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2006 and since 2007 nobody has operated on this account again and after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing

The owner of this account Mrs. Sandy Stevenson an Oceania ( New Zealand ) citizen and great industrialist ,who was a foreign contractor with the SOUTH AFRICA GOLD MININGS unfortunately lost her life in a plane crashed on Holiday to Fiji Island . Ever since her death the money has been lying unclaimed. You can click and read on this link for details http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=57269

Now i need you cooperation to claim this money because only someone from foreign country can stand as the beneficiary. And the Banking law stipulates that any money lying unclaimed for five years will be transfered to federal government suspend account with RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. I need you to achieve this great chance because i do not wish this money transfered to RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA because it will be shared among the top directors.

No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account.The total involved is 6.5 million United States Dollars only and I wish the bank to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad.But I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,but to a foreigner who has information about the account. I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business.

I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down and I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and furnish me with the following information as required below;

[1] NAME:......................................
[2] CONTACT ADDRESS:..............................
[3] DATE OF BIRTH: .................SEX:........................
[4] TEL NUMBER.............................. Cell number :..................
[6] OCCUPATION STATUS: ............................
[7] COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.........COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.........


With all these informations i will successfully inputs your name in the necessary files and also insert your information into the bank central computer as the next of kin to the late depositor and the sole beneficiary of the unclaimed fund after the demise of the depositor

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50% plus expenses , 50% will be for me. Please i want you to be honest with me because this money is a golden opportunity to you and i do not want to loose it. Thank you in anticipation for your urgent response.

Kind regards,
Dennis Moore

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