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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: ralph nicholas <ralphnicholas2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:05:55 -0700
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

From: The Desk of Mr. Ralph Nicholas.
Bill and Exchange Manager,
Telephone: +27603935340.
e-mail address: ralphnicholas14@gmail.com
Absa Bank South Africa.
Re: Transfer Of (Usad$15 .7 Million)
(Fifteen Million Seven Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.)
Dear friend.
This short memo would certainly come to you as surprise due to the
fact that we haven’t had any previous correspondence with each other.
In spite of this, I will appreciate it if you will permit me to inform
you of my desire to execute a business with you which will certainly
be of a mutual benefit to both of us. I want to transfer to overseas
(Usd$15 .7 million) (Fifteen million seven hundred thousand dollars.)
from the Absa Bank South Africa.,
I want to ask you to provide an account or quietly look for a reliable
and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an
existing bank account or to set up a new bank a/c immediately to
receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this funds
quietly.
I am Mr.Ralph Nicholas. the accountant personal confidant to Mr. Ashton
Bert Australia citizen who died together with his entire family in a
plane crash on the Malaysia airlines flight 370 (mh370/mas370)[a] was
a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur to
Beijing that disappeared on 8 march 2014 at 01:20 myt.
An industrialist, he was a contractor and he engage in so many
businesses in South Africa. Died without having any beneficiary to his
assets including his account here in which he opened in a Africa bank
South Africa in the year 2011 as his personal savings for the purpose
of expansion and development of his company before his untimely
death.
No other person knows about this account, I am contacting you for us
to transfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary next of kin,
because I don't know any foreigner, and this money cannot be approved
to a local citizen, besides if no one apply for this claims
immediately our government must confiscate the money as unclaimed
decease money of 5years deposited duration.
However, I am revealing this to you with believe that you not let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you the next step to take urgently.
Send also your private telephone and fax number to facilitate easy and
fast communication I need your full co-operation to make this work
fine at the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the
total amount, 60% will be for me and, while 10% will be for expenses
both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply via my e-mail address.
Best Regards,
Thanks.
Mr Ralph Nicholas.

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