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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: John Walker <drjohn_walker@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:54:51 +1200
Subject: BUSINESS FROM LIBYA

Sir,


I have written you before and could not receive any responds from you hence
I am sending it to you again believing that you may not have read the
previous mail so, I decided to reach you again to confirm if you are back
so that we can enter into big time business which you will be having 50% of
US$350Million which I am being contacted to help secure a partner that will
be interested to share the money with the Arab men that brought the money
out of Libya to Accra-Ghana but looking for partner that they will use his
or her name to get the money out of the nation of Ghana. Remember as I am
an agent, I shall be having 10% from your side after the business with the
principal agent who brought me into the business.


The Libyan men are 6 retired military personnel that are loyal to Col.
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi during the time he was ruling their
Country So; they need any person that they will trust and regard as brother
who they can trust 100% with the money as the funds are in Accra-Ghana.
They do not want to deal with the person they know only through Internet
but the person that will come for a round table meeting so that they can
then go with the person to the Cargo transit warehouse where they kept the
3.1/2 pallets that contains the 14 boxes to enable you inspect and
acknowledge the money in the pallets.

Actually the reason why the Retired Libyans want any person that will work
with them to come in person is based on the fact that they were scammed by
2 American they trusted and believed which they got and transacted only
through internet and telephone which at the end of the day, the lost the
sum of US$500,000 which they wire transferred to the account given to them
so, based on this, they decided that anyone they are doing the business
with must come in person to know them face to face and then enter into
agreement with them and then go with them to inspect the pallets to confirm
the funds before then discussion the future of the business.


Expecting your urgent responds.


John Walker,
Accra Ghana.

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