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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: Mr Edmund Camara <e784587254@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:35:31 +0100
Subject: From: Mr Edmund Camara

Dear Sir
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, please accept the
content in good faith,I do not intend to cause any grief to you and your
good family. My name is Mr Edmund Camara. I am a banker by profession and
currently holding the post of a chief auditor in our Bank,here in Federal
Republic of NIGERIA, I have the opportunity of transferring an unclaimed
funds US$5,600,000.00 (Five Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) belonging
to one of my clients (late) Engineer G.E.Sanov, who unfortunately lost his
life with his family On the morning of September 11th 2001, when
terrorists hijacked four commercial jet planes and attempted to fly them
into several U.S. targets.
Late Engineer G.E.Sanov an oil expatriate/contractor maintains a
domiciliary account with our bank which I am the Account Relationship
Officer and he has a credit balance of US$5.6 million in my branch On
normal monthly routine notification, I sent a notice to his forwarded
address but got no reply, After months we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employer (Shell Petroleum Corporation) that
(late) Engineer G.E.Sanov died On the morning of September 11th 2001
terrorists accident while on vacation to New York.
The board of directors of this bank will confiscate this account and
thereby declare the fund a lost money without claim by the end of this year
2013, citing the non operational of the dormant account since the death of
late Mr.Sanov.
I therefore seek your consent to present you here as the Next of Kin to
the deceased since you are at an advantage to receive these money, being a
foreigner.
Thanks and waiting for your urgent reply with direct fax and phone numbers.
Mr Edmund Camara
Phone.+234 813 879 2042

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