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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: "Mr. Alvarez," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <honorablesolomon@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:56:56 -0500
Subject: DO YOU AGREED BUSINESS INVESTMENT ???

From: Mr. Alvarez,
Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Damascus, Syria

Sir/ Madam.

On behalf of my partner, We seek for your utmost confident to accommodate Seventeen million dollars for Investment. We solemnly agreed to offer you 30% of the entire sum as gratification.
Origin of Funds.

The money was given to us in secret by Syrian President as gesture stopping us from publishing our evidence of humanitarian crime and genocide proves we had against his regime.

Unfortunately, in line with the moral principle of our services, We are not obliged to accept gifts of any kind during investigation nor have more than $ 10,000 in our respective bank account also considering our annual income.

Please help us to receive $ 17,000.000.00 into your bank account until we complete our service. We realize the need to partner with you to secure the funds. Base on the above reason, I seek your confidence to entrust this funds to you until we carefully process our resignation from service. We understand that you are a stranger to us but we have learned to trust and believe in open venture.

This transaction is intended to be our mutual benefit. Therefore, you shall retain 30% of the total sum ($17m) for safe keeping of the funds; Also assist to bank 70% until when we are privileged to take over from you.

Please provide your contact details if you are interested for further discussion and appropriate arrangement.

(1) Your company's name or your name in full.

(2) Your address, telephone and fax numbers

While we wait for your acceptance, we assure you to handle the transaction in harmony with your reputation. If however, you are not disposed to assist, Kindly delete this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of the personalities involved.

Thank you for the kind attention.
From: Mr. Alvarez,
Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Damascus, Syria

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