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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: david vans <david_vanss@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:28:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Utmost Importance


Dearest One ,

Greetings to you. My name is Barrister David Vans. A solicitor and national of the Republique of Cote D' Ivoire. I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint business with you in your country.

Until 2nd of July 2002. I have been the Personal Attorney to Engr.Hanson . A national of your country,who used to work with the Ivoirien Autorité d' Énergie Electrique ( Ivoirien Electric Power authority ) in my country as a contractor. On the 2nd of April 2002 along the Yamssoukro - Bassam auto - route, my client and his wife were involved in a fatal auto crash and unfortunately, all occupants including the driver of the vehicle lost their lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries through your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this also did not yield any result and all my efforts remained unsuccessful. After these several unfuitful attempts, I was advised to trace his relatives over the internet and see if I could locate any member of his family but to no avail until I came accross you today.

My late client executed an electrical installation contract that was worth the total sum of $ 29 Million for the Government of Cote D' Ivoire. He duly completed this contract and was paid the total initial sum of $19. 6 Million in February 2002. He left an instruction of have the balance of $9. 4 Million deposited in the custody of a security and cargo firm here in Cote D' Ivoire for safety from where he could transfer them to his account overseas for investment purposes before his demise.

Now this money which was deposited under disguise with the security and cargo firm and many other numerous assets of my late client are laying unclaimed because we could not trace any of his relation after several attempts. For this reason, I have contacted you for assistance in repartrating the deposit left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the security and cargo company where this deposits is presently, or risk having the deposit valued at $13.4 million being returned to the Government as irredeemable deposit within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country and bears the same surname as his so that this deposit valued at $13.4 million dollars can be released and transferred to you as his next of kin to my late client.I am proposing that we share the money 50% for me and 45% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or taxes as your government may require.
My proposal to you is 100 % risk free as I have access to all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest and most sincere co - operation and you should consider this a done deal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law being a practicing lawyer. Please if you have accepted to go into partnership with me in this transaction,get in touch with me by phone or email so we could discuss further on the way forward in this operation.

Thanks and best regards.

Barrister David Vans.







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