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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: sameze_511@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:06:14 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2C?=

CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS:sameze_1010@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

REQUEST FOR YOUR UNRESERVED ASSISTANCE

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day.We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction,
as we have been reliably informed of it's swiftness and confidentiality..

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am Sam Eze,a
Manager at the City Express Bank PLC, Lagos Nigeria.. I came to know of
you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum
of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

A foreigner, Late Engineer William Adams, an oil Merchant /contractor with
the federal Government of Nigeria, until his death three years ago in a
ghastly air crash, banked with us here at the City Express Bank PLC, Lagos
Nigeria,
and had a closing balance of USD$10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed
by any of his available foreign expenses, while the rest would be for myself
and my colleagues for purposes in your country.

If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take advantage of the
trust we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get to me immediately
via my e-mail address furnishing me with your most confidential telephone,
fax and e-mail, so that I can forward to you the relevant details of this
transaction.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.

CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS:sameze_1010@yahoo.co.uk

Regards.

Mr.Sam Eze.




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