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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: "Olsom Berghart" <olsom@berghart.com>
Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 13:35:44 +0000
Subject: HELLO......................................................

Dear Partner,

I am Mr Olsom Berghart a personal treasurer to Mikhail
Khodorkovsky the
richest man in Russia and owner of the following
companies:Chairman CEO:
YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil Company)Chairman
CEO:
Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial
institution with its branches
all over the world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS:

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$100.5M,
which I seek your
partnership in accommodating for me. You will be
rewarded with 4% of the
total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner
on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:

As a personal consultant to him, authority was handed
over to me in transfer
of money of an American oil merchant for his last oil
deal with my boss
Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have left the
shore of Russia to an
European private bank where the final crediting is
expected to be carried
out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested
for his involvement in
politics by financing the leading and opposing
political parties (the Union
of Right Forces,led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a
liberal/social
democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses
treat to President
Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president.

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of
the above quoted sum
and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which
will enable the
European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided
to use this sum to
relocate to American continent and never to be
connected to any of Mikhail
Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be
concluded in 2 weeks
before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail. As soon as
I confirm your
readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will
provide you with the
details.
For better understanding about Yukos Company tax
evasion,please visit the
following sites.

http://www.yukos.com
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4105663

Thank you very much.

Regards
Olsom Berghart(Mr)
NB: Do contact me through this secure email
address:olsombt@yahoo.com


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