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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: Dexter Edward <jessicadstiles@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <johnaboh556@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 07:18:36 -0400
Subject: INHERITANCE CLAIM !!!


INHERITANCE CLAIM !!!

Dear Friend.
Compliments of The Day.

Please find time to read my message. I got your contact in the
course of my search for a reliable person to assist me in this
lucrative and confidential transaction. I want to seek your consent
as a reliable Foreign Partner to handle a transaction involving the
transfer of an inheritance fund valued £4,700,000.00 Million Pounds
sterling (Four Million,Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) to a
safe foreign account, This transaction is 100% legitimate, There is
no Risk involved and the fund is not connected with arms,terrorism,
drugs or money laundering.

I am Mr. Dexter Edward,a Scottish and the Computing auditor of
Deutsche Bank Edinburgh, Scotland-United Kingdom.

During Last year January 2013, My Bank committee on Inheritance
settlements approved and disbursed over £250,000,000.00 Million
British Pounds sterling for inheritance payments entitlement to
foreign Heirs of Late depositors unclaimed funds account at my Bank,
for the entire Europe and United States, Some beneficiaries were
successful paid from year 2013 to this present day of the year 2014.

This indicates that beneficiaries whose relations died and left over
monies in their various Bank accounts with my bank here in
Edinburgh,Scotland-United Kingdom, has been paid successfully, while
there is a left single unclaimed inheritance worth £4,700,000.00
Million Pounds sterling (Four Million,Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling) outstanding in my bank office auditing files that has
never been claimed by anyone hence there was no present specified
written NEXT-OF-KIN in the late depositor's deposit account file
left.


I am contacting you to assist me to claim this fund into your Bank
account in your country to prevent my bank from reverting the
unclaimed money/deposits in UK treasury and Reserve account after
June 15th, 2014, since there is no next-of-kin found yet today, You
will be given 50% percent for work done, while i take 50% percent
for myself for an investment project in your country, by the time
you received this money into your bank account safely, This
transaction is very safe and 100% percent Risk free,

Lastly, I want you to understand that this transaction requires
trust, honest and above all, utmost confidentiality, for security
reason's.

Reply back to me immediately through this email address [
mr.dexteredward12@gmail.com ] to enable us proceed further and claim
the fund.

Regards.

Mr. Dexter Edward.
Computing Bank Auditor
Deutsche Bank Edinburgh, Scotland-UK.

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