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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: PAUL CHRIST <paulchrist61@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 10:46:38 +0200
Subject: Proposal


My Greetings

It may surprise you receiving this mail from me, since there was no
previous correspondence between us. Let me start by first introducing
myself properly to you. My name is Gabriel Michel Esq, a legal
practitioner in Spain. I am personal Attorney to Late MR GERALD HUGO, an
oil merchant who died in author crash 2008 with his wife and only daughter.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help in securing the fund left
behind by my late client to avoid it being confiscated or declared
unclaimed deposit by the security company where this consignment valued US
8.500 000.00 (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only) were deposited by my late client before his death. The security
company has issued me a notice to present the next of kin to come for the
claim of this deposit or it will be declared unclaimed deposit and the fund
forfeited to the government.

So far, all my efforts to locate any of the deceased relative have proved
abortive. Hence, I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your
consent to present you to the security company as the Next of
Kin/beneficiary of my late client's deposit.

Note that all the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's
Next of Kin have been taken care of. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us achieving this great opportunity because if we
don’t, the fund will be lost.

I wish to point out that I want 10 percent of this money to be shared among
the charity Organizations, while the remaining 90 percent is shared equally
between us. This transaction will be executed under a legal arrangement.
Therefore you have nothing to fear about. It is risk free. I will use my
position as the client’s attorney to guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me for more
clarification.

Waiting to receive your reply.

Regards,
Gabriel Michel, Esq
Email, gabmichel22@yahoo.fr

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