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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: "Ms. Esther Clark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ms.estherclark0000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:20:02 +0100
Subject: Hello!

My Dear Friend;

How are you doing today? I hope all is well, my names are Ms. Esther Clark from UK London. I work with one of the Bank here in England, a senior staff and Director of Foreign Remittance with a reputable Bank (City Global Consultant Bank Plc). I only write to seek your indulgence and assistance. I wish to make a deal of a transfer involving the sum of US$25 Million Only, My dear I want you to keep this mail very secret as I would not like any member of our staff to hear about it.

I am contacting you base on one of our late customer, Mr. Abdel Khalid from Libya North Africa who was an international crude oil dealer. He died last two years in his home town Bani Walid during the crises of Late. President Moammar Gaddfi. Before his death, he has the sum of US$25 Million here in my branch and I happened to be her account officer. My dear I want you to stand as his next of kin so that my bank will transfer this money into your Bank Account in your Country.

I am proposing to make this transfer to any designated Bank Account of your choice. Thus, i need your full indulgence and support; I propose an offer of 30% of the total amount to be yours after the transfer has been successfully concluded.

I have all the whole powers to present you as the Next of kin if you can be able to work with me. Get back to me immediately, if you are ready to do this deal with me so that we can further ahead for this transaction, it will only take few banking days to get this money transferred into your Bank Account.

I wait for your urgent response, thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely Yours,
Ms. Esther Clark
e-mail: ms.estherclark0000@gmail.com

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