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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: Bryan Edward <fmfphiopp@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Bryan Edward <zonal_cordinator@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 02:15:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:


INVESTMENT MANAGERPRIVATE & VERY SAFE1 Lime Street,London EC3M 6,Bank of EnglandUnited Kingdom

My name is Bryan Edward,and I work in the International operationdepartment(Bank of England)United Kingdom. On a routine inspection Idiscovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL. Of£32,000.000.00{Thirty Two Million British Pounds sterling} on furtherdiscreet investigation, I also discovered that the account holder haslong since passed away (dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account.
The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the formeroperator of the a/c is a foreigner and from Korea, in particular and Iam certainly sure that he is dead, and nobody will come again for theclaim of this money. A foreigner can only claim this money with legalclaims to the account Holder; therefore I need your cooperation inthis transaction.
I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim thismoney, But you will need to open an account where this can betransferred. If interested send your private Telephone No. And Faxnumber including full details of the account to be used for theDeposit I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transactionas my job and the future of my family would be jeopardized if it werebreached.
Although, necessary steps has been made regards to this issueconfidentially with key Bank Personnel?s and they have agreed to helpif I found honest and capable person to handle this transaction toenable us transfer the value Asset out from UK.
I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if dueprocess is followed accordingly. Finally, I will give you 35% for yourcorporation.
I look forward to a favorable response from you.
YoursBryan Edward

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