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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: Matins <matfred65@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:42:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?RElSRUNUT1I=?=




Attention:
From Matins Fred

28th March, 2014
My name is Matins Fredrick (Regional Director). I'm also trained and work as an auditor for the Royal Bank of Scotland, working as part of a bigger team that covers the entire region. I have taken pain to find your contact .On routine audit mark last year, I discovered some investment accounts that have been inactive for at least twelve years. All the accounts belong to a single/one account holder Mr. Sadatoshi Iwamoto, with monies totalling Twenty Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro ( 11,500,000.00). Banking regulation/legislation in United Kingdom demands that I do notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time span of six years when inactive accounts of this type are called in by the United Kingdom Monetary Regulatory bodies.

The above set of facts underscores my reason of writing and proposing to you. My investigation of the said account reveals that the investor, a Japanese national who died in 2008 which was the exact time the account was last operated. I can confirm with certainty that the said investor died interstate and no next of kin to his estate has been found or has come forward all these years.

I am of the settled conviction that using my insider leverage, working with you can secure the funds in the account for us instead of allowing it pass as unclaimed funds into the coffers of the Government of the UK.
. This is exactly why I crave your participation and co-operation. I am seized with all relevant documents that will facilitate our putting you forward as the claimant of the funds and ultimately transfer the fund to an account to be nominated by you .Of course you shall be handsomely rewarded for your part in this transaction as the people I am working with (Colleagues) are prepared to allocate a 20% slice of the total funds for your efforts subject to negotiation.

I shall F out the further details of this transaction till I receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. Be rest assured that I am on top of this situation all the time and there will be a no risk whatsoever if you elect to come on board. Needless to say, UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of vital importance if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction.
I do expect your prompt response.
Yours tuely
Matins Fred

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