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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: david morgan <davidmorgan120@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:17:01 -0700
Subject: Dear friend,


Dear friend,

Well I think we can work together on this huge opportunity. I am now communicating you on a private platform. All we need is your cooperation and confidentiality. I work with National Bank of Abu Dhabi. My colleague and I discovered a huge sum of money to the tune of US$35m which was deposited by one of our customers who lost his life in the Haiti earthquake a few years ago. He has no next of kin in his mandate. We just audited some accounts and we decided to set this aside because if we declare it, the bank will take the money and send it to the federation's account as the law demands.

We can make you deceased next of kin (beneficiary) by doctoring his mandate and fixing your particulars there and the funds will be transferred to an account you will nominate. We will perfect all the internal work to make this possible, smooth and risk-free. We will split the funds 50/50 between you and us.

If you accept to work with us, we will recommend an attorney to you who will represent you to pursue the release of the funds to you, so that you will do every thing by proxy and not be directly involved.

I shall give you more details and the procedure upon receiving your favorable response.

Kindly keep this matter to yourself alone as it is a top secret.

Expecting your reply.
david morgan


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