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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: dominic_brown@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:58:11 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Mr=20Dominic=20Brown=2E?=


3/5 Rider Hider Haggard
Close Jo Borto
South Africa.
E-mail:mr_brown02@mail.az

From Mr Dominic Brown.

Please Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a
surprise or if it might offend you without your prior consent and
writing through this channel. I am Mr.Dominic Brown.the Auditor General
of one of the prime banks here here in south africa, during the course of
our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank
in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner
of the account died without a [heir] hence the money is floating and if
I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P.Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist,
and he died,
since 1996.and no other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager
Diamond Safari [pty]. S.A The amount involved is (USD 36 M) Thirty six million
United States Dollars only.

But I want to first transfer $16,000.000 [ Sixteen million United
States Dollar] first from this money into a safe foreigner's account
abroad before the rest and upon successful transaction without any disappoint
from your side, we shall then re-apply for the payment of the remaining
rest amount to the account.I am only contacting you as a foreigner in this
transaction because this money can not be approved to a local person here,without
valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because
the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.Allan P.Seaman
is a
foreigner too,and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c and

I do not know any foreigner.I got your contact through the research I made
in the south african chambers of commerce internet bureau{S.A.C.C.I.B}I
am revealing all this to you with believe in God that you will never let
me down in this business.

I want us to meet face to face to build more confidence and to
sign a bindingagreement that will bind us together before transferring this
money to any account of your choice where this fund will be safe before
I'II fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and if possible investments.I
need your full co-operation to make this work fine, Because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information
about this man and his account, which I will make avialable to you.I need
your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down.With my influence
and the position of some bank official we can transfer this money to any
reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.And to
build more confidence I'II suggest if you can arrange an immediate visit
to discuss with me face to face after which we shall proceed with the transfer
in yourpresenc. I will use my position and influence to
obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of
the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both
parties might have incurred during the process of transferring, while the
remaining 5% will used for charity, as a mark of God's gratitude for the
blessing.

I look forward to your call for more discussion,

Regards,

Mr.Dominic Brown

NB:PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADRESS mr_brown02@mail.az





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