joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Eric Tigana <erictigana01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 06:44:10 +0100
Subject: URGENT

Dear Good Friend,

How are you together with your family members? I think all is well.

Despite the fact that I did not know you in person or have i seen you

before but due to the reliable revelation, I decided to share this

lucrative opportunity with you,

I am Mr. Eric Tigana operation manager of interlinks Security & Finance

Company here in Conakry Guinea west Africa I and my colleagues

discover an abandoned sum of Twenty Million United States Currency

($20.000, 000.00) and 87 kilos of gold dust as,I want to front you as

the Next of Kin to our Late Foreign Client Mr Peter Lee the

original owner of the fund and the Gold. A lot of customers open

different bank account without knowledge their Families and when they

died the such funds will be lost to the bank unless someone comes

to claim it that is how a lot of bank directors make much money

silently

He was an Asian investor in Diamond and Gold here in west Africa and

a multi company holder who died in a plane crash with his family years

ago, he deposited the fund in our bank for his business expansion in

Africa unfortunately he met this sudden and untimely death and the

worst thing that happened was the wife who suppose to be the successor

of the account died alongside with him.

Since the deceased left no body behind to claim the fund, as a

foreigner, you are in better position for that, and no body will come

for the claim after you have applied. If you are ready to work with

me, set up a new bank account or forward to me any one available so

that the process will commence.

I will guide you on how you should apply for the claim so that

everything will be smooth and correct. After the transfer, i will

resign and come over to your country for the sharing of the fund 50/50

base on the fact that it is two man businesses.

Finally, note that you are not taking any risk because there will be a

legal back up as we commence. Further information will be given to you

as soon as I receive.

Fill this information

Your reply.Sincerely,

Mr Eric Tigana
Private contact erictigana@ig.com.br

Anti-fraud resources: