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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: DIKKO MOORE <dikkomoore0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:01:17 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

Honestly, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not
met, but please permit me to introduce myself to you. I am Hon Dikko
Moore Esq, a solicitor at law, personal attorney to your late relative
Engr.Peter O.chinov.,family, who used to live and work as a contractor
in Togo, West Africa,. Here in after shall be referred to as my
client, who died some years ago in a fatal accident on 23th of
December 2009, All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their
lives and has been buried. Since then I have made several inquiries
here to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to search through with his name which motivated me to contact
you, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at
USD($11,500,000.00 Million Dollars) left behind by my client before it
gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance
Firm(bank) where this huge amount were deposited.

Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and
Members of the Board of directors has made arrangement for the fund to
be declared Unclaimed so that they can share the money amongst
themselves. They has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official
working days Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for5 years (five) now, I seek the consent to present you as the next
of kin to the deceased sinceyou have the same last names, so that the
proceeds of this account can
be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss
the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary
information and legal documents needed to back you up for the
claim.All I required from you is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction goes through. To commence this transaction, I
require you immediately to indicate your interest by a return e-mail
and enclose the following at(dikko.moore@yandex.com)

Names:..................................
Age:....................................
Phone/Fax no:...........................
Nationality:............................
Private Email:..........................
Occupation……………………..
I await your urgent response

Regards,
Urgent response asap.
Hon Dikko Moore Esq
Secretary.... Mrs.Joy Ibe
For Security Reasons Please Use This Chamber Email Address Only for
more details
(dikko.moore@yandex.com)

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