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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: "Garry Frederick" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <garryfedrick38@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:03:49 +0400
Subject: Beneficiary Urgently Needed

I have the honor and confidence to introduce this business to you in view of the fact i believe you and you are trustworthy and reliable as my inquire reveals. I am Mr. Garry Frederick, the head of operations and dispatchment section of Global Storage  and brokerage Vaults here in (UK). There is an account that was opened with this vault since 1994 and lots of consignment has been safe under the possession of this account. But since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again or save any goods into this account, definitely, that shows that the person that owned the account might have been dead, that was what i guessed as at then. After a private and intensive investigation by me through a meticulous search, I discovered that the owner of this account (Mr. Ethnan Khashoggi) was an oil merchant, a native citizen of Fiji Island who naturalize himself to be an England Citizen since 1992. I later discovered that he died in a plane crash along with his entire family since 1998 while flying from a trip to N
 
However, He also has the sum of $15,750,000.00 (Fifteen Million Seven hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) that was safe kept in his storage vault locker. But Since no one has come forth to claim these funds, My department and operational section is willing to welcome any foreigner who has the correct information to this account for claims, and i will be the insider to furnish you the full details of the account  if you are willing to work with me on this matter. First and foremost, we must build trust, confidence and God fearing on this matter. So, the question here is, can we trust ourselves? I believe we can, if we are both willing to be truthful and honest till the end of this matter. I assure you 100% that there is no risk involve in this transaction and at the end we will both benefit immensely from it. After conclusion of this transaction with you, I will retrieve all documents used in the transfer and destroy them in your presence when I come over to your country for the  sharin
 
Sharing of the fund will be 30% for you, 5% for any expenses incurred during process of this deal, 30% for charity organizations, while the remaining 35% for me as an insider that brought out the business to you. As soon as I hear from you, I will put up an annual leave so I could be able to facilitate the release of this fund to any account of your choice, or possibly we can assign a diplomatic carrier/personnel to  bring down the consignment to you at your door step or suitable venue for delivery. Contact me urgently for the way forward.
 
Yours faithfully.
Mr. Garry Frederick

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