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: David Williams <waynekingston@cantv.net>
Reply-To: davsweet@voila.fr
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 16:50:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM DAVID SWEET




FROM DAVID SWEET

Dearest,

I'm Master Sweet David ,the only son of Mr and Mrs Abba David from Liberia,

My parents before their death were gold dealers ,the both died in a motor accident in 2010,my mother died instantly but my father died few hours in a hospital,before my father gave up the ghost,he call me closer to his to his bed side and informed me where he kept documents of funds deposited in a bank somewhere with my name as the next of kin as the only child,the funds is $8 million United states dollars.

Please ,i shall need an honest foreigner who can assist me transfer this fund to his or her country for onward investment in any lucrative business venture and i will like to come over to your country to continue my education as my father's partners have blocked and seized his asset claiming that my late father was their partners and that he was owing them huge sums of money,the matter has gone to court but they are threatening to harm me,so i have decided to abandon the asset and funds here and face the money that was deposited in a secret account where none of this people knows.

Please,let know if you can assist me transfer this $8 million united states dollars to your country as i wished.

I would want you to send me the following information for the bank to be able to effect the transfer;



1)YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS

2)YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER

3)YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS

4)YOUR PASSPORT COPY



As soon as i receive these details,i will forward them to my bank for an official introduction for an onwawrd wire of the funds after which i will start coming over for the investment of the fund and for my education,

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation,

Regards,

Master Sweet David

Anti-fraud resources: