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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: "Anderson Brooks" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <georgee.frankk5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:13:49 +0100
Subject: Beloved , How Are You Today?

Anderson Brooks
Anderson Legal Firm
159 Hardwicke Rd Houston,
TX 77060 U.S.A
 
Please forgive me for contacting you without your consent, I am Mr. Anderson Brooks, an attorney at law in Anderson Legal Firm. A deceased client of mine, who herein after shall be referred to as my Client, died as a result of the 2016 Bomb blast in Paris. I am Contacting you to help assist me in ensuring that the funds lodged by my Client with his Financial and Security Firm is not declared unclaimed . This Financial Firm has issued me a Notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be confiscated. My Proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-kin hence the original next of kin of my late client also had Died along side with him on that faithful day, my effort to get him a next of kin has since been proving difficult. No relatives or friends Could be traced for the claim of the said fund, as the beneficiary you Will have all access to make claim of the funds, Then we shall discuss how We can use the fund to help the needy on a based Cha rity programmed also for investmen
 
The amount in question is a total sum of $14.500,000. (Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand USD). Kindly send your reply to the below information,
 
Anderson Brooks
Anderson Legal Firm
159 Hardwicke Rd Houston,
TX 77060 U.S.A
E-mail: georgee.frankk5@gmail.com
 
 
The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and be shared according to a proposed sharing ratio of 50:50, i.e. 50% for me and 50% for you. I will provide all the necessary legally procured documents to back up any claim we make regarding this process, and will just require your understanding and cooperation as well as maintaining a very high sense of confidentiality until we confirm our fund transfer into your nominated Bank account to enable us achieve success within a legitimate arrangement, eliminating any liability resulting from any breach of the prevalent laws.
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Anderson Brooks

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