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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: BARRISTER ANTONIO FELIPE ANDREAS <felipeandreas90@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: felipeandreas@live.com
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:06:44 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT



Dear friend,



Accept my sincere apology for this unsolicited letter to you, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust but you will realize the need for my action. My name is Andres Antonio Felipe of Paseo de la Castellana, 216, 28046 Madrid Spain. I got your contact information’s through the public records while searching for a trustworthy person to front as my client’s next of kin. I am writing to you in regards to my deceased client, Engr. Check Badra, an oil contractor to the Libya government under the regime of late Col. Muammar Gaddafi. He lived in Spain for twelve years; he died on the 4th of May 2011 in the Libya revolution war in Tripoli.



Before his demise, he deposited the sum of (USD$6.5M) Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, with a Bank here in Spain. The Bank being aware of his death have mandated me to present a member of his family (heir/inheritor)or Next of kin to make Claims of the fund he deposited at the vault of the bank, otherwise it will be forfeited, seized or confiscated by the authorities and reverts to the treasury of the Spanish Government as unclaimed. This is because in accordance with the Spanish law, such fortune is automatically bequeathed to the government if there is no heir or Next of kin to the deceased that would surface to claim the fortune. However, this law is unjust and inhuman as it often creates an avenue for the top officials of some financial institutions to divert such fortunes for their own selfish use. On that ground, I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has proved abortive as he did not declare officially any Next of kin or beneficiary.



The fund was deposited on Wednesday 15th October 2007 at 12:17pm at the Madrid central office of the Bank. My late client did not state the Next of kin or beneficiary due to his immediate investments plans. I am contacting you because you share the same surname with my late client; I know you might not be related but after countless efforts to locate direct relative to my late client and three months final notice from the Bank to present a beneficiary to the fund of my late client, and failure to meet up with this deadline means the fund will be confiscated and tagged as unclaimed fund and that I forbid happening.



Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me to put claims on this deposit before it`s forfeited to the authorities. My suggestion to you is, I will like to present you as the Next of Kin and beneficiary to this deposit, since you are both foreign nationals and you share same surname by virtue of my position as his personal Attorney before his demise, I will now place your name as the Next of kin/Beneficiary to my late client and I will prepare all relevant legal documentations that will assist to facilitate the release of the fund to you without any breach of the law.



Note, I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100% legal and risk free. Once the fund is released to you, we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 45% for you while remaining 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during the cause of securing this deposit. If my proposal is acceptable to you, kindly reply via my private email address for further discussion on how to proceed Email: felipeandreas90@yahoo.com.



Regards Sincerely,





Barr. Andres Antonio Felipe




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