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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: Thompson Philip Bertram <thommy683@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:00:07 -0800
Subject:

Dear Friend
Iam Thompson Philip Bertram staff of Investec Bank England. I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this business opportunity in as one of my clients got involved in
a car crash. On November 31, 2008, an America Oil
consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, my client Late Mr.
Henry Dawson, had a deposit of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($10.2m) with Investec Bank UK of which i am his account
officer.

Mr. Henry Dawson and the rest of his family died in a car accident
along Chester Road Hulm, in November 2008. Banking regulation in the
UK demands that the fiscal authorities are notified when accounts are
dormant/funds are unclaimed for this period, so that the funds can be
called in by the regulatory bodies. The above set of facts underscores
my reason of writing and making the following proposal.

Please i will want your involvement in this transaction to enable me
get the funds from his account and deposit it into your account via
banker's cheque. The allocation of our money will be as follows: 40
percent to you for your part in this, 60 percent for me. I guarantee
that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of law.

I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by email Please
and phone number i will provide you when next i read from you, note I
am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not
without a measure of fear as to the consequence.If you are interested,
kindly contact me on my private email address via(thommy683@yahoo.com)

Regards,

Mr. Thompson Philip Bertram

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