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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: Gary Beharrell <officeinfongp@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 21:16:58 +0800
Subject: I have a business Proposal for you

Attention,
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Gary Beharrell, originally from London, united kingdom.
i possess a 18 years experience as an accounts advisor in renowned
banks in and around the united kingdom till date as i communicate with
you
via this email. i am currently the accounts officer to a Lebanese born multi
billionaire, who owns multiple offshore current and fixed deposit
accounts including in
the bank where i operate currently as an accounts officer/advisor here
in London ,Uk.

Mr. Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese business tycoon and politician who
served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again
from 2000 until his resignation on 20 October 2004. i have been the
financial advisor of Mr. Hariri for almost the past two decades and
have been like a custodian of his(Hariri) accounts already in
dormancy in the bank i operate currently.

i got your email address through my private search and decided to
contact you as a result of my comfort ability and trust i have to do
business with Germans as i have done business successfully with some
Germans in the past. However my major reason for contacting you is
based on a partnership with you to be able to facilitate a transfer
of a substantial amount of money for the specific purpose of
investing these funds in your country.

consequent upon the assassination's of Mr. Rafik Hariri, over the
years there have been an unclaimed total sum of 36,759,000 (million)
British pounds sterling deposited by the Deceased into my bank where i
operate here in London. However , the British government had already
made a declaration
that was announced by the former prime minister Gordon Brown in 2005
that some of these money held in Dormant accounts be used towards
youth and community development projects. you can read some of these
comments from the this Link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

Dear friend, i am in a sincere desire of your humble co-operation
and assistance in this course as these dormant funds are set to be
traced, directed and credited to the government treasury. it will be a
great pleasure to work work hand in hand with you to move these funds
for investment purposes to avoid been credited to the Government
treasury of the united kingdom. i am ready to offer you a 35%
compensation of a total amount of 36,759,000.00 pounds sterling if
this will be
acceptable by you.please consider this and give me a feedback as soon
as possible.

I look forward to your reply

Best Regard

Gary Beharrell

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