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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: "thomas natharil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrton28@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 08:19:17 -0700
Subject: Fund Management

  I received your mail. This business is real and risk free because there will be complete clearance documents to prove the legality of the large amount to any financial institution, and it will come as a foreign investment fund as it may please your account.Firstly you need to send me any existing account information, or you can open a new one in a shortest time so that I will use it in securing the payment approval from the authorities in your name as the legal beneficiary.
 
As soon as the payment are approved, We will be required to sign and secure the Tax Deduction Certificate so that the heritage tax and all other fees will be deducted from the principal amount and the balance will be transferred into your account or to any account of your choice.
 
This process was adopted because the Swiss banks insisted that the tax must be paid upfront before they can allow a direct transfer to your account, so with this process nobody will ask us to pay the tax or fees from our pocket.
 
In view of the above, you should send me the existing account information to enable us proceed in securing the payment approval from the authorities which is the most important thing. I want you to bear in mind that it is 100% risk free and secured, and we shall get to meet each other face to face.
 
The information I need are as follows:  Your nominated bank account where this fund will be transferred, full names, postal address with Fax and Telephone number, The account name, bank name, bank address, account number,  swift code (if any)
 
An empty account can serve as long as it is capable of receiving large incoming funds.I am waiting for you to send your bank information with beneficiary address to start the process of securing the payment approvals in your name or with the name of your Company.
Best Regards
 
TOM,

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