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: "MR.FRIDAY JAMES" <apexbankdubeninrep@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: "MR.FRIDAY JAMES" <mrfridayjames@administrativos.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:07:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Seeking your consent.


Dear friend,

I am Mr. Friday JAMES, I am
seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to a deceased
customer of our bank who died years back without any established heirs
so that the bank will not confiscate his deposit of ( USD$10.2 Million )
and return it to the Government of Benin Republic.

Also note
that the deceased deposit has an open beneficiary and any foreigner can
put claim over the fund irrespective of your tribe, names and religion
provided you have the secret information on the security file jacket of
the deceased deposit which I will furnish to you upon demand by
authorities of my bank.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because these funds can not be approved to a local Bank here but can
only be approved to any foreign bank account because the money is in US
Dollar account and the former owner of the account is a foreigner too.

My
aim is to source an honest and trustworthy individual to whom I can
entrust these funds and who will act as trustee pending my arrival in
your country since my period of disengagement from service is near.

More details will be given to you as soon as you reply.

Regards

Mr. Friday JAMES.

Anti-fraud resources: