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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: Jessica Rikhai <rikhai@starrenergy.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:29:13 +0000
Subject: Proposal


Hello,

Top of the day greetings to you!

My name is Jessie Rikhai, an attorney With Star Energy and a business
adviser of 20 Cursitor Street London, EC4A 1LT United Kingdom. Since
September 30, 2012 I was formally informed by a bank (name
withheld) here in London that my deceased client has funds totaling
the sum of 17,320,000.00GBP (Seventeen Million, three hundred and
twenty thousand British Pounds Sterling) in his pension account. The
fund is the pension and life assurance payment from his insurance
policy plan during he?s lifetime. After going through my client?s
file in my chamber, I discovered that he died without any specific
heir to the pension payment.


All I request is your utmost sincere co-operation; trust and maximum
confidentiality to achieve this project successfully. I seek your
consent to present you as the heir of my deceased client and the funds
will be released to you as the beneficiary, which will be shared in
the ratio of 60% to me and 40% to you respectively. I have
carefully mapped out the modalities for execution of this
transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect you from any
breach of the law here in London and the fund will be transferred to
your designated bank account.

Upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer and once I am
assured of your trust, I am willing to present you as the HEIR of my
late client authorizing you to receive this pension fund.


Get back to me if you can work with me! rikhai@starrenergy.net
Best regards,

Jessie Rikhai
20 Cursitor Street,
London,
Greater London UK
EC4A 1LT
DX 138 Chancery Lane
UNITED KINGDOM.

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