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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 SOLOMON PETER <info@peter.com>
Reply-To: solomonpeter506@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:07:26 +0530
Subject: Dear



Dear,

This is a personal letter directed to you and I requested that it
should be treated as such. I am SOLOMON Peter ,A solicitor of the law,
I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Gen. Dawoud Rajha
estate, Who until his death was President Bashar Assad's
brother-in-law and the defence minister,(please read more :
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/syrias-state-run-tv-says-suicide-attack-has-targeted-security-building-damascus). Since the war in Syria, I have tried locate any of his extended relative whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate in UK banks and all such efforts been to no
avail.

More so, I have received official letters in the last few weeks
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned
personal assets in line with existing laws by the bank in which my
client deposited the sum of US$5,400,000.00 (Five million, four
hundred thousand United states of American dollars only). Also, I
found out that some members of the bank wants to divert this fund into
their private accounts for their own selfish interest and only want to
use the excuse of my inability to look for a relative to achieve their
goal because of the ongoing crises in Syria. This was leaked to me by
an insider in the bank.

By virtue of my right as the solicitor to the deceased and as I could
not trace his immediate family, I have reasoned very professionally
and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin
of my deceased client. I know this might come as a surprised to you,
but trust me I have everything covered.

If you will accept my proposal, I will forward to you in order to bind
us in this transaction by email the next step to take. I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this proposal is 100% risk and hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any fears as the required
arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer since
I have all vital documents that would be requested by the bank to
confer you the legal right to make this claim. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. If this proposal is acceptable by you get
in touch with me through my email address above confidentiality and
send to me your contact details to enable us discuss further about
this transaction. I hope you do not take undue advantage of the trust
I have bestowed in you as I require only a solemn confidentiality on
this and hope you do understand what confidentiality really means.

I await your reply.

Sincerely,


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