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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: frank wyngaard <frankwyngaard2046@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:15:09 +0200
Subject: TRANSACTION

FIRST NATIONAL BANK (FNB)
6TH FLOOR, 1 FIRST PLACE, FNB BANK CITY,
SIMMONDS STREET, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG, ZA
Hello
I, Mr. Frank Van Wyngaard,the internal Auditor of First National bank of
South Africa Limited [FNB] Johannesburg South Africa.i am requesting for a
reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and lucrative venture.
i came accross your contact as a reliable partner for this venture.
i am writing inrespect of a foreign customer of my bank whose Name was
Mr.Amed Emran a citizen of karachi pakistan who perished in a plane
crash[Concorde Airline AF4590] with the whole passenger on board on 31 july
2000.
and for your perusal you can view this website;http;/
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.since the demise of this our
customer,i personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of
kin,but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of
[Eighteen Million seven hundred thousand united states dollars.[USD 18.7M]
which has been with my branch for a long time.i decided to seek for whom
his Name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the
next of kin.
As per South African Legislature all assets from deceased party who does
not possess a will,will be taken over by Government after Fifteen years if
not claimed by direct blood or relative or next of kin.
In view of this, i got your contact through trade journal and i have
agreed to give you 50% of the total if you can handle this transaction in
ultimate sincerity and secrecy.Upon the receipt of your response,i will
send you by email the application form from the bank and the next step to
take.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is risk free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for funds transfer
can be finalized within five working days after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased.
Please you can reply me through my private mail for security reason.
My email is; wyngaardfrank@gmail.com
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
following details
1.FULL NAME
2.PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER
i look forward to your earliest response.
Regards,
Mr.Frank Van Wyngaard

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