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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr D Nhlanhla" <dav.nhlanhla@gmail.com>
Reply-To: d.nhlanhla@aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 12:23:01 +0200
Subject: The Project, Please relpy.


For Your Kind Attention,
TRT REF No: FNBPA/EG/0549-3/SAT/2005:

With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings to you. I make this profound introduction based on my regards for your credible profile which I located in your country's information directory on my quest for a trustworthy business partner overseas and a subsequent Investment project in your country. My name is DAVID NHLANHLA, the Audit Manager of First National Bank <FNB> South Africa. And below is my main reason for contacting you!

In our end of last fiscal <financial> year auditing, verification and investigations in our bank, I discovered the sum of (US$21.7M} Twenty One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars in a dormant account belonging to MR AHRTOOR ANDRYEY, a Russian international businessman who died along with his family in the year 2008 plane crash in Abidjan, west Africa. Our investigations revealed no survival of his Next Of Kin for claims as we have been waiting for someone to forward applications for claims as it applies to our banking regulations. And Information from reliable sources confirmed that his supposed “Next Of Kins” died with him in the crash.

I kept this information confidential within my jurisdiction to enable us submit claims and transfer this fund through a trustworthy person whom we shall present to our bank as the BONAFIDE “Next Of Kin” to the deceased. I intend to credit this fund into any of your nominated bank account for investments. Meanwhile, all domestic arrangements for claims have been put in place awaiting your acceptance to work with me. I will give you directives and all needed information as soon as I receive your positive response.

Kindly understand that I could not carry out this on my own based on the simple fact that I am a civil servants and secluded from operating foreign account and will also raise eyebrows on my side in terms of transfer being staff of the bank. Moreover, this fund belongs to a foreigner and demands same as next of kin to claim it. Hence my reason for contacting you for a successful operation.

I have resolved to offer you 45% of the total sum as commission and 50% for myself while the remaining 5% of the total fund will be set aside to re-reimburse all expenses to be incurred in the course of running this transaction such as telephone and other minor expenses. I am assuring you of a smooth and successful transaction provided you display maturity and observe confidentiality.

And it will interest you to know that our Reserve Bank will approve credit of this fund into your account as contract payment to abstain you from all queries regarding source of the fund and will provide you with contractual details to certify your bank or government if the need arises. Therefore, be kind to clarify to me if your account will be able to accommodate this fund without government intervention or do you have an account outside your country where you may consider safe for this transaction?

Kindly provide me with your private telephone and fax number for more efficient communication.
Looking forward to your response.

Best regards,

Mr. David Nhlanhla
Fnb Bank. - Audit Department
Kerk & Simmonds, South Africa.
Tel/Fax: +27 86 537 4883
E-mail: d.nhlanhla@aol.com /dav.nhlanhla@gmail.com

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