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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: "Mr. Manish Rashid Al Neeraj" <manishrashidalneeraj111@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:26:12 -0700
Subject: Attention my dear,

Attention:
I have tried to reach you on phone, but your line was busy, so I
decided to write you this message. I am writing following an
opportunity in my office that will be of benefit to both of us. In my
department we discovered an abandoned treasure that contain Amount of
money valued at Millions of Dollars, in safe keeping room that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who unfortunately lost his
life in the deadly chemical weapons attack in Damascus, Aug. 21,
2013,including his wife and Two of his daughters. Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting his partner or
relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as partner or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking laws and guild lines.

Unfortunately I learned that his supposed next of kin died along with
him in the knowledge of this treasure behind for the claim. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make the deal with
you and make sure we bring it out as the partner of beneficiary of the
deposited treasure for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back
into Bank as unclaimed.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such treasure
remained after five years the money will be transferred into banking
treasury as unclaimed property. We will share the percentage equal,

Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of
this deposited treasure to you has been finalized. I will discuss more
in details when I do receive your response. You can reach me in my
private email:
Best regards,

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