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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: elie_age@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:36:33 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SEEKING=20YOUR=20=20RESPONES=20AND=20ASSISTANCES?=





HELLO,



GREETINGS



URGENT BUSINESS ATTENTION.



MY NAME IS ELIE SALEEBY AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA.CURRENTLY
I AM NO MORE THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF LIBERIA.I HAVE THE SUM
OF $8M IN A BOX WHICH I TRANSFERED OUT FROM LIBERIA THROUGH A DIPLOMAT AND
DEPOSITED TO A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE.



THE DIPLOMAT DID NOT KNOW THAT THE BOX CONTAINS $8M AS I TRANSFERED
THE BOX THROUGH THE DIPLOMAT TO DEPOSIT TO ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE
AS FIRM&FILM CHEMICAL IN THE BOX WHICH SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHTAND
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS EXCEPT ME AND YOU AS I TOLD YOU NOW.



SO DUE TO MY PRESENT CONDITION NOW, I CAN NOT BE ABLE TO FLY OUT TO
RECEIVE THE FUND AT THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE.SO I AM REQUESTING FOR
YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR YOU TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE TO PICK THE BOX FROM THE SECURITY
COMPANY AND WITHOUT LETING THEM TO KNOW THAT THE BOX CONTAINS $8M



AFTER YOU MUST HAVE PICKED UP THE BOX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND GET
THE MONEY, 25% FOR YOU, 70% FOR ME WHILE 5% FOR EXPENSES FROM THE 5%YOU
WILL CLAIM BACK YOUR FLIGHT AND HOTEL EXPENSES DURING THE TIME YOU WERE\TO
COLLECT THE BOX IN EUROPE AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU IF I WILL INVEST MY70%
SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY THROUGH YOU OR ANY OTHER THING I MIGHT DECIDE.




THIS BUSINESS NEEDED TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING AND BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED I
WILL NEED TO SEE YOUR PICTURE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
WILL ALSO REQUIRED WITH YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.




I WAIT FOR YOUR WISE REPLY.




THANKS YOURS



MR ELIE SALEEBY


ATT:EMAIL:elie@pointmeto.zzn.com



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