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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: =?UTF-8?Q?=52=68=61=6A=69=20=53=61=6C=61=68?= <rhajisal@walla.co.il>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:39:20 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=55=52=47=45=4E=54=20=41=53=53=49=53=54=41=4E=43=45=20=4E=45=45=44=45=44?=




My name is Mr. Roland Salah,I work with an investment bank in the United kingdom as probate detectives,
we basically looking for distant relatives of people who have died without making a will or stating any beneficiary
in their data. The United Kingdom governments normally do this every end of the year before they will legally
confiscate the funds, Last year alone the government made over GBP58Million from unclaimed assets of foreigners and local
investor. When people die without a will or mentioned beneficiary and with no known relatives, their names are released by the
Treasury department every end of the year, a list of these unclaimed estates, cash investments saved gold and diamond
assets are also included. I started working with this investment bank since last year but I have done my research
and see that we can make a lot of money by working with trust and respect and honesty to one another. I have notice that with all the
information’s in my position right now we can make a lot of money by fronting you as the deceased relative or
beneficiary of his assets.

I have in my position his account details and death certificate and a copy of his international passport which are the requirements needed to
be provided by any next of kin claimer. If you are willing to work with me, I will advise you forward me your contact via my email: rolandsalah@gmail.com
details so that I will contact you for proper introduction and communication before we proceed. Waiting for your further
contact details for more explanation of how we can conclude this with 10 working days.

Looking forward to hear from you upon your willingness to work with me.
 Roland Salah


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