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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: "Richard L. Schroeder" <tmathews20@cfl.rr.com>
Reply-To: richards@bankmutual.org
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 7:36:59 -0400
Subject: Confidential

Greetings,

I Richard L Schroeder the Chief Accounting Officer of Bank Mutual Corp 4949 West Drown Deer Road Milwaukee Wisconsin 53223 U.S.A. I have urgent and confidential business proposition for you, on the first of June 2009, an Iraq Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the United American Petroleum Corp, MR. WAHAB AHMED. Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months, valued for US$26,500,000.00 (Twenty Six Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only)in my branch. Upon maturity in 2012, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers that Mr. WAHAB AHMED died as a result of torture during war when he visited his country Iraq. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR. WAHAB AHMED did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$26,500,000.00 have been floating as unclaimed since 2012 in my bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.

According to the United State law at the expiration of 15 (fifteen) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the American Government if nobody applies to claim the fund and the fifteen years is over at the end of December 2017. Consequently, my proposal is that I want to seek your consent as a foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money as the next of kin to the deceased so that the bank will transfer the money to your designated account. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so i am are assuring you that the business is risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for me and for investment purpose as I will leave America by the end of the year. The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement between you and I. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suit both parties without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
IN YOUR REPLY TO THIS, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DOING BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET IS RISK.ENDEAVOR TO SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE,EMAIL AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR REPLY TO THIS BUSINESS.
God Bless you.

Richard L Schroeder

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