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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: "lattey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.nelson.lattey1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 06:13:02 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

Dear Friend,

I am Nelson Lattey, The head of auditing and accounting section of my
bank. With due respect and regards, I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us at the end
of the transaction.

We had a foreign client from your country who deposited a huge sum o
fmoney (USD$12.6Million) with our bank. Eventually, this client was
among the victims of car accident that crashed on the 31-10-2008,since
then no one has come for claim or as the next of kin.

I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Now, having
monitored this deposit over the years after her death, hence nobody
has showed up as the next of kin for the past three and half years, I
have moved the file to a private vault.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of
kin,every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only
waiting for a foreign partner to enable me move the fund to his or her
account. There are no risk attached because all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to
confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with
details.

Your interest will be negotiable before we commence this project.I look forward to hear from you soonest.
Contact me via my email: (mr.nelson.lattey1@hotmail.com)

Best Regards,
Mr Nelson Lattey

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