joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Prince Nana" <cpfelixgoodheart@gmail.com>
Reply-To: princenanaoffice609@aol.com
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:57:07 +0100
Subject: Urgent and confidential

Head of Accounting Department,
Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd (BBG)
Mr. Prince Nana.

Dear Friend,

Please before I introduce myself. I wish to inform you that this message is
not a hoax E-mail and I urge you to treat it with seriousness. I know this
E-mail might come to you as a surprise anyway. But I believed its only
takes a day to meet people and become great family, friends and business
partners.

This message is personally directed to you and I request that it will be
treated as such, because it is not a hoax E-mail or a scam please. I
decided to write you this message as I have been in search of someone with
the same last name as my late client in our bank. So I got your contact
during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest person to
introduce this transfer project with. My name is Mr. Prince Nana. I am the
Head of Accounting Department BBG, Accra Branch Ghana.

I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with three lovely
children. I am a man of peace and have sincere respect for human feelings
and opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefits
you and I. I was the personal account Officer to my late client, who hails
from your country. Meanwhile it is my duty to send in a financial report to
my head office in the capital city, Accra at the end of each business year.

My late client deposited the sum of US$4,500,000 (Four Million,Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) with our branch since year 2012, which I
happens to be her personal account Officer, since the death of my late
client in a fatal car accident cause by earth quake in South Island of New
Zealand November 14/2016. I have tried all my possible best to locate her
family. But all my effort prove abortive. Because my late client deposited
the fund without any beneficiary or next of kin. And my bank headquarters
has mandated me as her personal account Officer to look for her next of
kin, or else the fund will be confiscated and sent to Ghana Government
Treasure Purse, which I know would only be share secretly among the greedy
Government Top Leaders.

After several attempt to locate the late decease family or anybody that is
related to her, but I could not succeed. So I have reported back to my bank
top officials that I have located one of her beneficiaries, which happens
to be you. Now quickly get back to me immediately if you are interested in
this deal, all I want from you is to stand as the next of kin to my late
client, as a personal accountant to my late client. I have all the vital
documents that will enable you receive the fund without any hintch.

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can give you all the
full details of the transaction. There are practically no risks involved.
Because the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law, it will be simply a
bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the
next of kin. So that my bank headquarters can approve and order the
immediate transfer of the fund into your designated bank account within few
banking working days. If you accept to work with me, then I will appreciate
it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for
this transaction.

I will offer 40% of the total fund as your own share and you will also help
me to invest some of fund into a lucrative business in your country.
Because I am planing to resign from the bank after the success of this
deal. Do not be afraid I will be giving you all the necessary guideline and
information that the bank might require.

Please kindly reply back as soon as you receive this message, so that we
can go over to the details. Thank you in advance and God bless you and your
family.

Sincerely,
Mr. Prince Nana.
Economist and Accountant.

N/B: Please if you are willing and interested to work with me, quickly
forward in your response the following information's immediately.
NAME:..
AGE:..
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:..
OCCUPATION:..
PHONE:..
SKYPE ID:..
COUNTRY:..
COMPANY:..(IF ANY)

Anti-fraud resources: