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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: "Rose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <evenandrew384@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 12:42:21 +0100
Subject: Dearest One,


Dearest friend,

I have been in search for a reliable person and when I saw your name, I was moved to contact you. It’s true that when we confide on someone, we learn to trust and automatically succeed sometime in life. I am Mr. Even Andrew Rose, a banker by profession, I am 46years old and it may interest you to know that I am a Man of PEACE.

I have been in search for a reliable person who will stand as the next beneficiary to our late customer (Late Eng: Takhar Balraj Singh), who used to work with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in Dubai. When he was alive, he made a fixed deposit for 28 calendar months with my bank here in Ghana with the sum of US$19.7 Million United States dollars only. On the 9th of June, 2011, a report was sent to us that he was in Japan on a business trip and that were he met his end on the Earthquake - Tsunami that killed more than 28000 people in Japan.

My bank management is yet to know about his death but I was able to find out because he was my very good friend. Since then, I have made several enquiries to locate any member of his family but it went unsuccessful and if my bank management happens to know about the death of (Late Eng: Takhar Balraj Singh), the funds in question would be confiscated or the directors of the bank will take the funds for their personal uses. I am now seeking for your co-operation to present you as Next of Kin since you are a foreigner so that the funds can be paid to you as a beneficiary for our sharing.

I do not belong to that school of thought who proposed that fortune of the deceased should be given to the government why others are hungry so I don't want such to happen. There is no risk involved; this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. It is better that we claim the money, than allowing the Bank Directors to take it, I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds, 50/50% to both parties, my share will assist me to start my own company in your country which has been my dream.

I have all the prove of deposit, to put claim to the bank over the funds, please let me know if we can work together and achieve this goal, we shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response.



Thank you,

Mr. Even Andrew Rose.

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