joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "yacin abide" <yacin02p@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:48:54 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

FROM THE DESK OF MR YACIN ABIDE 
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(a.d.b)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
Attn:
 
 Dear,
 
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK , In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5m,US Dollars( ten point five million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family  in kenya air ways that crashed in 28 november 1999 with his family at Abidjan.
 
Since we got information about  his death we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money in our bank, because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased, as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws,but  unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at THE WAR ZONE leaving nobody behind for the claim.
 
 It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we do not want this money to go into the banks treasury as unclaimed bill.
 
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed after this year the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be for expenses incured during the business, as i know that there will be some depance  in advance to get the legal backing up documents and 50% of the money will be for me...

Thereafter I will visit your country for disburesment according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as a relative or next of kin to the deceased indicating, your Private telephone and fax numbers for easy and effective communication and location, where in the balance money will be remitted.
 
Upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you by fax or email the text of the application, which you will fill and contact the bank with, i will not also fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free, so be rest assured.
Please  contact me immediately as you gone through this message properly,through the
above ......
Yours sincerely
 
 YACIN ABIDE


Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE!

Anti-fraud resources: