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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. Tony Mott" <gwresourcesssb@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrtony.mott@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:38:40 +0800
Subject: Can You Be Trusted?


From:Tony Mott
Lloyds TSB Bank
31-33 Holloway Rd,London,
Greater London N7 8JU,
United Kingdom.

Good Day Dear!

How are you and your family? I hope my letter meets you in your best mood
today.
My name is Tony Mott Head of Specialist Business at Lloyds Banking Group
London.
I decided to seek a top secret/confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of a transactions deal described under for our
both mutual benefit. During the annual bank audits, I discovered an
abandoned/unclaimed fund, sum total of £ 21.500,000 GBP (Twenty One Million
Five
Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in an account that belongs to one
of
our foreign customers (Late Pendyala Vamshikrishna) an American from
Arlington,
Virginia, who unfortunately lost his life as a single with the entire crew
on
February 1, 2011 over the southern United States of 9/11 bombings.

I discovered that he did not specify any next of kin or will to his
account after going through his file in our bank. and deliberately
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will to the
deceased so that the sum valued at £ 21.5 Million British Pounds Sterling
will
be transferred to you, which will be shared in these percentage ratio: 50%
for
me and 40% to you respectively while 10% is for any expenses incurred
during the
transaction.

I need your sincere co-operation, trust and utmost confidentiality to
enable us
conduct this transaction successfully. I assure and that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect
you from any breach of the law both in your country and in London as the
fund is transferred to your nominated bank account. Upon consideration and
of this, kindly forward me the following information
immediately to my private email address for more confidentiality:


1. Your full name:
2. Your full contact address:
3. Your direct mobile telephone number:
4. Your email address:
5. Your occupation:

To enable me upload your information in our bank database to reflect in the
bank
network system that you are the named next of kin/will of this
account, then I will guide you on communication with the bank for onward
transfer of this fund to you.

NOTE: We have few banking days to execute this transaction deal.
Thanks in anticipation of your response.

Regards,
Tony Mott
Lloyds TSB Bank
31-33 Holloway Rd,London,
Greater London N7 8JU,
United Kingdom.

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