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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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Fraud email example:

From: mariam33@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:50:11 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Sir=2C?=



Dear Sir,
I am Mrs. Mariam. Abacha, the widow of Sani Abacha
the Late Nigerian Head of State.

I am presently in distress and under house arrest while my son Mohammed
is undergoing trial in Lagos and Abuja though he has just been recently
granted bail under the condition that my family refunds to the Federal Government
some amount of money. The government has frozen all the family account and
auctioned all our properties.

Refer to this website about my husband's loot of funds and you will under
stand what I mean http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm To
save
the family from total bankruptcy I have managed to ship through an undercover
courier company, the sum of US15,m dallars. kept by my late husband.

The money was disguised to beat the Nigerian Security and it is currently
deposited in a security company which I will disclose the name and contacts
to you if I get a positive response from you.

I want you to receive the money and pay into your account
for the family safety.

I am offering you 30% for assisting me secure this money Contact me immediately
with my email address so that I can forward to you all necessary details.


Endeavour to send your phone and fax numbers for easy Communications. This
project is not risky.

Best regards.
Mrs. Mariam. Abacha



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