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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??= <dprasad@financier.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 07:00:31 -0500
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Attn=2c__I_am_pleased_to_get_across_to_you_with_a_very_urgent_and_profitable_business_proposal?=

Attn,
I am pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable business proposal, this message is real and must be kept confidential because you might find this email in your in-box, Junk or Spam folder. I need your assistance in this urgent matter.

I got your e-mail address on the Internet while browsing and after that, I decided to contact you and ask for your
assistance in this urgent matter that requires trust and confidentiality. I am writing this proposal to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this great deal opportunity in my bank department. On July 2001, a UK Oil Consultant/ Contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Stephen Stubbs made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months Valued capital at US$5.5 Million with our bank (Banco Santander, S.A).

I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I discovered that Mr.Stephen Stubbs, died in hospital in Sri Lanka of a heart attack after he was injured on the 26 December 2004, when devastating tsunamis catastrophe hit Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka) giant wave struck Yala Safari Beach Hotel, 1/2 km from the entrance of the Yala National Park in south of Colombo- Sri Lanka, while holidaying with his family, you can confirm it yourself via the website below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1400341/The-Britons-who-lost-their-lives-in-the-tsunami.html

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no Personal Representative/ Next of Kin , meaning no member of Mr.Stephen Stubbs's family knows about the deposit therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the money in order for our bank (Banco Santander, S.A) not to transfer the said sum of US$5.5 Million as unclaimed funds to the UK treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late Mr.Stephen Stubbs's Personal Representative/ Next of Kin. UK banking regulation/ legislation demand that I notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time period when dormant accounts of this type are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies if nobody applies to claim the funds.

I am now seeking your cooperation to act as Personal Representative/ Next of Kin to late Mr.Stephen Stubbs
to claim the funds and move them into useful investments, I will do all the crucial part in the bank to have the claim
released to you promptly. I shall split the money between ourselves upon the confirmation of the money into your dominated bank account in your country. I am ready to offer you 50% of the total funds and 50% for me. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue to affirm your willingness and cooperation, call me on Tel: +44 793 766 7577. I shall instruct you with due process of concluding this transaction without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.

Thank you,
Dr.Dhavala Prasad
Banco Santander, S.A
Santander Private Banking
PO Box 545
19-21 Commercial Street
St Helier, Jersey JE4 8XG
UK

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