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.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: DABIRY FIBERESINAM <dabirif@live.fr>
Reply-To: dabirif80@live.fr
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 05:51:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TO A GOOD FRIEND


Mr.Dabiry Fiberesinma
Islamic Development Bank
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(Http / / www.isdb.org)
Tel: +226 70 54 98 80

Mr.Dabiry Fiberesinma
Islamic Development Bank
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(Http / / www.isdb.org)
Tel: +226 70 54 98 80
 

Dear Friend,
Please, I want you to read this letter very


carefully and I must apologize for bringing
this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to
the urgency and confidential of this issue and I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise, Pls this is not a joke and I will not
like you to joke with it.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our
client Mr.Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah who was a business man and also an
oil supplier to the Republic of Burkina Faso made a numbered fixed deposit
for 18 calendar months, with a total value of Fifteen million United
States Dollars ($m15 000,000) only in our bank.Upon maturity several
notices was sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003.

Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later
find out that the dceased customer along with his entire family (wife and children) died in a bomb blast that hit their home.

After
further investigation it was also discovered that the late customer did
not declare his next of kin in his official papers including the
paperwork of his bank deposit.
 
 And he also confided in me the last time
he was at my office that no one except me no other person knew of his
deposit in our bank, So I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of($15 000 000) millions USD into your bank account within 14 working banking days.

What bothers me most is that according to the laws of country a Burkinabe cannot come out and claim this fund.
 I don't want the money to go into our Bank
treasury as an abandoned fund. Therefore this is the reason why I
contacted you so that our bank will release this money to you as the
next of kin to the deceased customer.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not
interested.
 
Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your capability, I will give you full details on how the
business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the
above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me while
60% will be for me.

I don't want anyone here in our bank to
know my involvement until you confirm this fund into your account and
ask me to come over for the sharing as indicated.

Then after I
will retire from our bank and come over to you contry fordisbursement
acconding to the percentage indicated. therefore to enable theimmediate
transfer of this fund toyou as arranged, you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin ofthe deceased, Please, don't entertain
any atom of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free.

Be
rest assured that I will provide all the necessary information which
the bank may require from you during the process to make sure
everything goes well and fast.

Best Regards
Mr. Dabiry Fiberesinma
 






Dear Friend,
Please, I want you to read this letter very


carefully and I must apologize for bringing
this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to
the urgency and confidential of this issue and I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise, Pls this is not a joke and I will not
like you to joke with it.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our
client Mr.Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah who was a business man and also an
oil supplier to the Republic of Burkina Faso made a numbered fixed deposit
for 18 calendar months, with a total value of Fifteen million United
States Dollars ($m15 000,000) only in our bank.Upon maturity several
notices was sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003.

Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later
find out that the dceased customer along with his entire family (wife and children) died in a bomb blast that hit their home.

After
further investigation it was also discovered that the late customer did
not declare his next of kin in his official papers including the
paperwork of his bank deposit.
 
 And he also confided in me the last time
he was at my office that no one except me no other person knew of his
deposit in our bank, So I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of($15 000 000) millions USD into your bank account within 14 working banking days.

What bothers me most is that according to the laws of country a Burkinabe cannot come out and claim this fund.
 I don't want the money to go into our Bank
treasury as an abandoned fund. Therefore this is the reason why I
contacted you so that our bank will release this money to you as the
next of kin to the deceased customer.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not
interested.
 
Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your capability, I will give you full details on how the
business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the
above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me while
60% will be for me.

I don't want anyone here in our bank to
know my involvement until you confirm this fund into your account and
ask me to come over for the sharing as indicated.

Then after I
will retire from our bank and come over to you contry fordisbursement
acconding to the percentage indicated. therefore to enable theimmediate
transfer of this fund toyou as arranged, you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin ofthe deceased, Please, don't entertain
any atom of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free.

Be
rest assured that I will provide all the necessary information which
the bank may require from you during the process to make sure
everything goes well and fast.

Best Regards
Mr. Dabiry Fiberesinma








Anti-fraud resources: