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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: "Ghias M. Khan" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 19:10:35 -0700
Subject: For Your Perusal Only

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please, kindly give me your audience and permit to relay this message to you. My name is Ghias M. K., a Pakistani nationality and Personal Aid to Prince Jefri Bolkiah; former Finance Minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island who has already been disseminated by the international media during the controversial dispute that erupted between my boss and his step brother, the sultan of Brunei Sheik Muda Hassanal Bolkiah.

While looking for a reliable contact on internet, I got your information from a business database and further explicit investment information about your country. As you may know by now from the international media, the sultan had accused my boss of financial mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was as a result of the Asian financial crisis that made my boss company Amedeo Development Company and government owned Brunei Investment Company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in office.

As a result of interrogation, my boss was kept under house arrest, his bank accounts and private Properties including a crude oil export refinery were later confiscated by the sultanate. And on further investigation, I was contacted and summoned by some detectives but manage to escape and went into hiding from where I am contacting you now. But before the unfortunate development, out of the numerous bank accounts scattered all over asia, europe and america, I personally made a deposit of Two Hundred and Sixty Million United States Dollars ($260,000,000) with a bank in Europe but since I am still under hiding, I therefore need someone like you to entrust this money with pending when the coast will be cleared.

I will wait for your prompt response to this message for further details and where about of the fund. Please note that every correspondence must be strictly through email and nothing more from my own side because of the security reason. Hence I seek your assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate my future survival once everything is okay.

Therefore, I rely on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt response towards a swift conclusion of this business.

I am yours,
Ghias M. K.

NB: Kindly visit the websites below for more understanding of my message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jefri_Bolkiah

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