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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: "Ansar Williams" <dnlagency05@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:29:36 +0000
Subject: Greetings

FROM THE DESK OF MR ANSAR WILLIAMS.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER.
SG-SSB BANK
Accra Ghana.
Email:ansarwilliams@box.az
ansarwilliams@k.ro

Greetings Friend,

I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER of SG-SSB Bank here in
Accra Ghana. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of US$8.4m dollars (US$Eight Four Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich,
Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane
crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it
unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased
as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we
learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him
at the
plane crash or not aware of the money leaving nobody behind for the
claim.It is therefore upon this
discovery that I 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
don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after Five years, the money will be transfered into
the
bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of
kin in
this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner
and a Ghanian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that
30%
of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a
foriegn
account , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
business
and 65% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to
enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first
to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your
bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax
number
for easy and effective communication and location where in the money
will be
remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or
email the
text of the application .
I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free
and
that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements
have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully

MR ANSAR WILLIAMS.
Email:ansarwilliams@box.az
ansarwilliams@k.ro


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