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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: Mark Sango <hello@sweetpeaandjasmine.com>
Reply-To: marsango465@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 01:42:02 +1200
Subject:



Hello,

First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Mr Mark Sango, I am
a staff in one of the banks here in Abidjan Ivory coast working in
account Department and I would like to know if you can be at my
disposal to strike a perfect/smooth deal in my Bank here. I discovered
anonymous fund totaling $25.4M

This fund has been floating in our suspense account for the past
years, in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who
died along with his entire family in September 2007 in a plane
crash.Since the notification of his death our bank have been expecting
his next of kin to come forward and claim his fund because our bank
cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or
relative to the Deceased Person as indicated in our banking guidelines
and policies but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of
kin or relation died along side with him at the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claims. Therefore, I request for your assistance
by presenting you as the next of kin/beneficiary of Deceased Account,
so that the fund can be claimed and transfer to your bank account.

The request of a foreigner as the next of kin in this deal is
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an
Ivorian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I will agree that
40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner. In respect to
the provision of a foreign bank account where the fund will be
transfer and 60 % would be for me. Please let me know if you are
interested and also send your direct telephone numbers for discussion
of this deal in details.
Best regards,
Mr Mark Sango

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