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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: frank bunor <frank.bunor@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frank_bunorr@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:36:06 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND



--
Good Day,
Am Mr Frank Bunor, Sole adviser to late Mr Daniel Ramesh an
independent oil magnate in my country . He died in auto crash with his
immediate family on the 4th of Oct,2010. Since their death in Oct,2010,
I have written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate
any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimant/beneficiaries of
his abandoned assess and all such efforts have been to no avail.

More so,I have received official letters in the last few weeks
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned
assets in line with existing laws by the Sec company in which he
deposited the sum of 10.8 Million Dollars.On this note,I decided to
search for a credible person , And was urged to contact you, that I
may,with your consent,present you to the"trustee" Security company as
the surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the
Security company in that capacity as a next of kin of my client As.i
find this possible for the fuller reasons, in this capacity.I propose
that 35% of the net sum will accrue to you at the conclusion of this
deal in so far as I do not incur further expenses.

Therefore, to facilitate the immediate transfer of this fund, you need
to contact me via my email signifying your interest .and
as soon as I obtain your confidence,Upon the receipt of your reply,I
will send to you an E-mail on the next step to take not failing to
bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you
should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been
made for the completion of this transfer. Like I said, I require only a
solemn confidentiality on this.


Best regards,
Mr Frank Bunor

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