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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: "Barr. G. Rowland Khumalo" <barrgodfreyrowland@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:01:51 +0200
Subject: FYA:


*My name is Mrs. Jessica Khumalo, married to Barrister Godfrey **Rowland**
Khumalo, I am the Director of Investment and Vault Services at the Foreign
Remittance Department here in a South Africa Bank. I have a business
proposal which I believe will be a very good opportunity for both of us,
The business is about an abandoned sum of ($75 Million United States
Dollars) in our safety deposit vault belonging to one of our foreign
customer who died along with his family on the 19th October 2005 in a
ghastly plane crash in the Western Mahale National Park in Tanzania**.*


*Since we got this information about his death we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim the funds but to no avail, He deposited
this fund before his death in his wife’s name in our vault, and you share
the same last name with Mr. Alan Williams wife, we can comfortably transfer
the next of kin to your full name and the fund will be release to your
account without any problem. *



*The financial institution has been expecting the next of kin or a relative
who will claim the funds and Failure to respond to this ultimatum would
legally allow the financial institution to report this funds to the Reserve
Bank as unclaimed funds (Lack of supersede). I have put in place all
necessary requirements concerning the release of this funds and It is my
intention to introduce this opportunity to you as the next of kin to this
funds and beneficiary, Please note that I’m legally equipped with all
necessary information/documentations concerning this fund enabling the
immediate access to the fund, we must apply first to the bank vault as the
next of kin of the deceased indicating your interest of claiming the
inherited funds to your account. *



*For time difference and confidentiality due to my position in the bank, I
don’t want to talk on the phone so I strongly advise you firstly contact my
husband Barrister Godfrey Rowland Khumalo For easy communication through
the Email address on this Letter, I would like you to email your full
names and address, all your contact details where I can reach you at
anytime, I will call you as soon as I get this information through my
husband's email and inform you on how this could be completed. In
conclusion, it’s my concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation
and confidentiality to enable us complete this transaction successfully. I
GUARANTEE that this process would be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that would legally protect you from any breach of Law in the
world.*



*Best regards,*

*Jessica Khumalo*

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