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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: "Malik Mohammad" <malik@malik.wascoc.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 13:24:17 +0800
Subject: Urgent Attention Needed: Martin Meinster


Dear Martin Meinster

I have written you severally with no responds from you. If my mail is not
important, I will not be still writing you. My name is Mr. Malik Mohd
Nadzri, A former Senior Account Officer with Public Finance Berhad Sarawak
Malaysia. I have packaged financial transaction that will benefit both of
us with no risk involve.As an account officer with the bank, it's my duty
to send financial reports to the head office. On the course of the 2008
end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch has a dormant
account of a late foreign client Mr. Michael Meinster, with account
balance of Six million five hundred thousand united state dollars
(USD6.5M) which is still unclaimed because the beneficiary is not stated
on file.

I have immensely searched for someone who will be in a better position to
assist me in putting up with this claim as his next of kin so that the
fund will be officially credited to him and we will share the proceed on a
mutually agreed percentage.

The duration given by banks in our country with respect to the banking
rules to complete a claim after a client is late will soon elapsed. If the
require time to complete the claim elapses, the fund will be confiscated
which I don't want it to happen. I therefore seek for your assistance to
present you as the next of kin. As a former accountant with the bank, I
cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request
for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account which I
intend to part with 40% of this fund to you as gratification while 60%
shall be for me but I need your own opinion on this. If you accept my
offer, contact me immediately for more details.

NOTE: There is totally no risk involve in this transaction as there is
NEVER any form of adverse legal implication for putting up the claim as
the next of kin in any part of the world. It will be a bank-to-bank
transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the next of kin to our late
client and provide an account where this money will be transferred into.

I will appreciate your immediate reply for more details and the next step
to follow for the success of this transaction. Further directives on how
this transaction will be workable will be provided to you once I receive
your response.
Note: I am dealing with you on a personal note. Hence you have to keep
this transaction confidential.

With Regards,
Mr. Malik Mohd Nadzri
+601.6316.9967

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