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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 Solomon" <davidsolomon11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:05:08 +0000
Subject: {Spam!}

MR DAVID SOLOMON
BRANCH MANAGER
(WEST SHORE BRANCH)
BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED
BUTTERFIELD HOUSE,
68 FORT STREET
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS

PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR
REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:
david1_solomon@yahoo.co.in

Dear
Sir/Madam
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I
choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest
and most secured medium of communication .However,thiscorrespondence is
unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all
what you may think of. I am MR DAVID SOLOMON Branch Manager West Shore
Branch) BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED. I am contacting you based on Trust
and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN
LIMITED) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of SUSAN LEE
KENNEDY SCHULER, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared
Dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to Cayman island Banking and financial law. he died in world trade
center as a
victims of the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the united state of
America, the bank is still unrelenting in it's bid to contact any of the
relatives to claim This money, you can confirm through this
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.
htm
She is an account holder in my branch, She owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account with the account. In fact it
happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account holder
the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up for the
claim. This is where I am interested on and his is where I want you to come
in. I want you to come in as the
relation of the deceased, I will give you the contact of the attorney, you
will have to write to him Telling him you are a relation to the deceased and
that you have found out that Mrs.
SUSAN LEE KENNEDY SCHULER has account with BUTTERFIELD BANK CAYMAN LIMITED.
which you wants to lay claims through his legal authority. He is going to be
happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital documents for
the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it.
Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction. We will use our positions to get
all internal documentations to back up the claims .The whole Procedures will
last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without
trace even in future.
Please need the following:
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3.HOME ADDRESS
4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
60-40.
Yours truly,
MR DAVID SOLOMON


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