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: "Dr.Tutu Amed" <dr.tutuamed@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERY URGENT!!






Dear Friend,



Greetings to you and your family today. Please, I would like you to give an urgent attention to this mail. Though, I know it would come to you at uttermost surprise. My Name is Dr.Tutu Amed, I am a banker by profession. I work in one of the reputable bank here in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso. I am contacting you with reason to transfer an abandoned sum of $19.3M (Nighteen Million Three Hundred Thousan United States Dollars) to your bank account. The owner of this fund died since 2006 during the Iraq war with his Next Of Kin. And now the bank want to transfer the fund to the bank treasurer's account to share it within them selves. So, I discovered it and decided to contact you to present you to the bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of this fund.



This business is 100% risk free. Your share will be 40% while 60% for me. I will also be giving you all the vital information which the bank may need from you for the success of this transaction.



I want you to indicate your interest because, All the bank officials who did this business last three years ago are leaving big now with their big investment almost all over. Send me your full contact information as listed below to enable me send you the full details of this business.



1. Your Full name:.............

2. Your Home Address:.......

3. Your Telephone N°:..........

4. Your Occupation:.............

5. Your Age:........................

6. Your Receiving Country:..........



Also this business should be a confidential between you and me and please do not let any one to know about it untill the fund is transfer into your bank account for the security of the fund Ok.



Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.



Have a great day.

Dr.Tutu Amed,

Anti-fraud resources: