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The name “419 Scam” comes from the section of the Nigerian penal code that covers the types of scams that we are talking about here.
Nigeria has earned itself a reputation as the birthplace (although that may not be true) of a certain type of e-mail scam where the sender of the e-mail attempts to use a fanciful story to draw their victims into their scam.
Most often, the e-mail is written in such a way that makes it appear to be from a government official, wealthy business owner or someone who has received a large inheritance. In other words, someone with a lot of money.
The story usually involves some reason that this wealthy individual needs to escape from their country, and of course, they want to bring their fortune with them and they need help from someone on the outside to make that happen.
There is a fabulous reward offered for this assistance, often it will be in the millions of dollars.
Sometimes they try to prey on their victim’s beliefs by pretending to be Christians and using a lot of language that includes “God” and things of that nature. This makes sense for them since they are often targeting victims in the Western World where Christianity is probably at the root of most popular religions.
The methods they use to extract money from their victims vary from scammer to scammer, but just be aware that anyone that is asking you to send them any of your money in any way is attempting to take advantage of you and get their hands on your money, which you will likely never see again.
I have been scammed by Mr Watts and Mrs S Globe which she said she was a lawyer. I went though with it and lost money to there people. I wanted to believe in it and lost big. I have been though a lot, and now I have to recover my lost and get back on with life. I am a hard working person and live to be a true person of my word. If this help any one from doing what I have done then and loss 10,000. then it is worth this e-amil. My family I well recover from me believing in other people but I well never do this again. I have saved all the e-mails from the both of them. I well true them over to who can help get this stopped from these people
I do not like hearing stories like yours. That’s because I hate the thought of hard-working people losing their money to scam artists.
That’s why I set this blog up. Hopefully, there are people who will avoid being the victim of a scam as you were.
You sound like you have the right attitude. Yes, your family will recover and I wish you all the best.
Thank you for your message. I may have been wrong about this matter, but like I said I well recover and move on. I was wondering if there is a place that I can send the e-mail I have saved and see if they can help track them down. I know I well never see the money again, but if it can help in any way. I have papers and picture of the people that sent them. I know that they are may not be the people but may be the pictures I have are of some one that needs help from it happening to them.
My suggestion would be to consult your local police and see if they can advise you.
It seems like a lot of these cases originate from other countries, which would make it much more difficult to track the crooks down.
I hope you are able to find someone who can assist you.
wel im happy to passing by this site cause
i did get 2 spam emails and i believe that i won 30.000.000.00 dollar
but i didn’t understand everything cause im a frensh women.
Damn!!!!! I realy thought that i won those millions
I didn’t send any mony but my name and adresse etc.
LES ENCULER tssssssssssssssss
I responded to Mrs Susan Fernando’s email.
Her lawyer, Denis Jones did the Power of Attorney and email to me the
Security Deposit Certificate and the Power of Attorney.
I was asked to open an account with Delta Llyod Finance. The open an
account with Delta Llyod Finance, I sent a Bank draft of Euro5500 but
was told it was NOT accepted. I was then asked to send thru Western
Union to Delta Llyod a sum of Euro2000 and the money was received as
part payment to the the opening of the account. I was told thru the telephone
that by Mark, the person who was said to be working in Delta Llyod Finance.
The Certificate of deposit was deposited by Susan Fernando at the Overseas
Diplomatic Services. Now the ODS told the lawyer for Susan and the Delta Llyod
that should I NOT open the account with the full payment of Euro5500, they would impose
a demurrage or PENALTY OF 1200eURO PER MONTH.
All sound so true and the Power of Attorney was given to me including the receipt from
the Court for the Power of Attorney.
Now as my money had been lodged in by purchasing the Bank Draft of Euro5500. I am NOT send ing
then further money. Come Wed 15th April09, ODS will cause me to pay the “Demurrage” of Euro1200
per month.
Should I report to the Police in Singapore where I am residing.
I suppose it will not hurt to report the incident to your local authorities, however, there is probably little that can be done since most of these scam artists are located in places like Nigeria.
If I were you, I would report it, since perhaps there is a small chance it will do some good.
Good luck and I hope there is some way you can recover your losses.