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: Biblioteca <biblioteca@shaio.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 02:27:53 -0500 (COT)
Subject: From Mr.Edward.rd Tsvangirai,get back to me through this email
address:tsvangirai_e@yahoo.com edwardtsvangirai@yahoo.com.hk.


Good Day,

Please bear this unexpected contact with me, I need your help to take care
of a very urgent personal matter on my behalf, and will appreciate if you
can give me an opportunity to discuss that with you.

My name is Edward Tsvangirai, head of Accounting Audit and Deposit
Department of AL AMAN BANK here Tripoli, Libya. I discovered a sum of
US$18.7 Million (Eighteen Million Seven hundred thousand Dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our deceased customers, whose name I will
only disclose to you in the course of this transactions. As the Account
officer, it$(?0W a known fact all over the world that the account owner and
family are all gone.

The choice of contacting you is based on the geographical location and my
economic interest of your Country, I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account valued at US$18.7 Million (Eighteen Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand Dollars) can be paid to you.

I have already flash the account as non existing so that I can move the
entire funds out of this Bank through an intermediary bank and I am ready
to share this funds at 50-50% ratio. This is to ensure that we have one
mind and approach this with all honesty.

All I need now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please, provide me the following information, as we
have 7 days to run it through. This is very URGENT PLEASE.
1. Full Name:
2. Your: Telephone Number:
3. Your Contact Address:
4. Age:
5. Core Job/ Occupation:
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping
that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation
of this message and indicating your interest, i will furnish you with more
information.

Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keep me waiting,and get back to me through this email address: tsvangirai_e@yahoo.com
edwardtsvangirai@yahoo.com.hk


Best regards,

Mr.Edward.rd Tsvangirai

Email:tsvangirai_e@yahoo.com
edwardtsvangirai@yahoo.com.hk

Anti-fraud resources: