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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:
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 03:53:48 -0700
Subject: Request For Urgent Business Relationship.



From The Desk of Dave Falconer
Allied Irish Bank (GB)

My Dear Friend, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information
via e-mail instead of a Certified/Post-mail. I got your e- mail address through Commerce
directory while searching for a reliable and reputable person that can handle this transaction.


I am a senior manager account/audit at Allied Irish Bank (London) I am
contacting you because of an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of £10.5 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who unfortunately lost his life in an auto crash on his way to the airport. And ever since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come forward to claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as Next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideline.

Unfortunately, I discovered that his supposed next of kin, being his Only daughter and wife died along with him in the auto crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this funds behind for claim, and the banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed after seven years, it will be transferred into Government treasury account as unclaimed funds. And i don't want the corrupt Government officials to embezzle the money and use it to enrich themselves while the poor people continue to suffer.

Therefore, I and his account manager have decided to plead with you to stand in as his next of kin or beneficiary to enable us get the money out of the bank to your account so we can share part of the money among charity organizations around the world.

We agreed that 20% of this money will be shared among charity organizations around the world, while 30% would be for you as our foreign partner and the remaining balance will be for my colleague and i. I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated above once the money gets into your account. Please be honest with me.

However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, Please do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, please kindly provide the

Following information:

1. Your Full name.
2: Your private telephone
3. Occupations and Nationality.
5. Present Location.

Note: this transaction is confidential and risk free. Please note that all the necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you will be finalized as soon as you indicate your role in this transaction. We will discuss more in details when I receive your response, please contact me through my private E-mail address
(dave.falconer@onet.eu)

Best regards
Mr. Dave Falconer.




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