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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 Roy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markroy213@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:22:49 -0700
Subject: Make 2017 the Year You Fulfill Your Financial Goals.

Dear Friend,
My name is Mark. P. Roy, Im a 45-year-old Father, Husband, and a private accountant/Stock Broker. As a rule, I delete all unsolicited "junk" e-mails and use my account primarily for business. However, I will strongly advice that no matter how you receive this email, take it very seriously and I promise that if you can set aside doubts and follow up, you will thank me later.
I am sending you this email with regards to one of my clients who was among the passengers onboard Air Egypt flight that was travelling from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from radar 10 miles into Egyptian airspace at 00.30am GMT without making a distress call. As his private accountant and stockbroker, I have been monitoring and handling his account and stocks over the years. We have been making some serious arrangement to move his direct capital funds and excess maximum return capital profit (EMRCP) which is in a very huge amount to one of his private account before the plane crash.
I have known my client Mr. Francis, as a friend for many years. He is a very respectful and generous man, simple and conventional and most importantly, with the best of heart I have ever seen. Since the death of his wife who died of cancer in 2012, He has been assisting people living with cancer from different countries and have distributed medical supplies/equipment to regions worldwide where the items are mostly needed.
Had it been he foresaw his death, he would have giving all this money to charity. It is in this respect that I would like to extend my interest in forming a partnership with you, there are many advantages to this type of partnership and I will be more than happy to discuss it with you in details if you wish based on the fact that I am in urgent need of someone to trust, who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as an annual investment proceeds from the bank before is been diverted to the banks treasury. All confirmable documents to back up the claim will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. I have also worked out the strategies and technicalities as to where and how the funds can be claimed without any hitch.
If you are interested, please kindly get back to me with your direct telephone number or you can email me back at: markroy213@yahoo.co.uk, so we can discuss this proposition further. It is my pleasure getting in contact with you. However, if this proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology and thanks for your time.
Nevertheless, if you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanation and include your contact telephone number in your response.
Sincerely,
Mark .P. Roy.

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