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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: Mark Rhodes <markrhodes52@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 06:18:49 -0800
Subject: It is a pity but we can't help it!

Greetings!

I am Mr. Mark Rhodes, the personal accounting officer to a presume
late client. This is because for so many years nobody has seen or
heard from him. He used to do business with an oil company here,
British petroleum (B.P) porpularly known here as African Petroluem
(A.P.).
I have contacted you to participate in repatriating the sum of
$18.575musd (Eighteen million five hundred and seventy five thousand
us dollars) only, left behind by my late client before they get
confiscated. It has been already declared unserviceable by the bank
where this huge deposit were lodged.

Meanwhile, I want us to move very fast before the bank will make good
their threat which is out right confiscation.

The mode of sharing will be discussed as soon as I hear from you.
Your honest/sincere co-operation is highly needed in this transaction
in order to succeed. I guarantee that this transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any
breach of the law hence it is 100% risk free.

Please send your reply to: Ben Mark
Email: benmark1954@aol.com, without further delay to kick-start the transaction.

This is a pathetic story but we can't fold our hands and allow others
to capitalize and share the fund which I am directly in charge. We can
help the needy with part of it when we conclude the transaction.

All other information will be given to you as soon as you indicate
your interest.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED OR NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS
TRANSACTION WITH UTMOST SECRECY/HONESTY, PLEASE DELETE THIS MESSAGE
IMMEDIATELY FOR SECURITY REASONS.

Looking forward to your positive response.

Best regards,
Mark Rhodes.


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