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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: "FEMI LUGARD" <femilugard@gmail.com>
Reply-To: femi.lugard@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 05:46:36 -0700
Subject: Urgent Response Needed


Dear Sir/Madam,



I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner and I
want you to bear in mind that this is not a hoax mail but I respectfully
insist you read this mail carefully as I am optimistic it will open door
for unimaginable financial reward for both of us.

I am Femi Lugard , the personal attorney to late ENGR.MARK CROCK, a
foreigner and an oil merchant/Contractor, herein shall be referred as my
client.

On the 31st of October 2009, my client, his wife and their four
children were involved in a ghastly auto accident along Shagamu Express
Road,unfortunately, all occupants of the vehicle lost their lives,Since
then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended
relatives and this has been unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund left behind by my client
before they get confiscated or declared serviceable by the the bank where
this huge amount US14.7million were lodged.The bank has issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin/Relative or have the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Relative of the
deceased so that this US14.7 million can be transferred into your account
and then you and I will share this fund according to any agreed ratio.

All I require is your honest co-operation and confidentiality to enable us
see this deal through, I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.


Thanks and God Bless.

FEMI LUGARD.

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