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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: mark jean <markjean659@gmail.com>
Reply-To: markstjean63@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:17:13 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner
and I want you to bear in mind that this is not a hoax mail but I
respectfully insist you read this mail carefully as I am optimistic it
will open door for unimaginable financial reward for both of us.

I am Mark Jean , the personal attorney to late ENGR.MARK MOORE, a
foreigner and an oil merchant/Contractor, herein shall be refered as
my client.

On the 31st of October 2007, my client, his wife and their four
children were involved in a ghastly auto accident along Shagamu
Express Road,unfortunately, all occupants of the vehicle lost their
lives,Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my
client\'s extended relatives and this has been unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I
am contacting you to assist in repatrating the fund left behind by my
client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the
the bank where this huge amount US14.7million were lodged.
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin/Relative or
have the account confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 3
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin/Relative of the deceased so that this US14.7 million can be
transferred into your account and then you and I will share this fund
according to any agreed ratio.

All I require is your honest co-operation and confidentiality to
enable us see this deal through, I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.



Thanks and God Bless.
Mark Jean

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