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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: solomon mudani <samuelmboge3@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: solomon mudani <solomonmudani_kk@yahoo.co.in>
Date:
Subject: HIGHLY BUSINESS PROPOSAL.........

3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORG
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL NO:27 73 45 57 921
FAX NO:+871 762 606695

{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL)
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 152,000.000.00 USD)
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS

Dear sir/Madam,

We want to transfer to overseas ($ 152,000.000.00USD) One hundred and
Fifty two million United StatesDollars) from a Bank in Africa, I want to ask
you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable
and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank
a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in
God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am MR SOLOMON MUDANI, the Auditor General of a bank in Africa, during
the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 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. Arthur Coleman , a foreigner, and an
Industrialist, who died since 1993 and no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Arthur Coleman until his death was the
manager of Coleman Co.(pty). SA. We will start the first transfer with fifty
two million [$52,000.000] upon successful ransaction without any
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining
amount to your account.
The amount involved is (USD 152M) One hundred and Fifty two million
United States Dollars only. I want to first transfer $52,000.000 [fifty two
million United States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigners account
abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting
you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person
here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved
to a 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. Arthur Coleman is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be approved
into a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together. I got your contact address from my Secretary who operates computer. I
am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you
on the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the
deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any account
of your choice where the fund will be safe before we fly to your country
for withdrawal, sharing and 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 of this account, which I will
give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you
are capable and will meet up with instructions of a key bank official who
is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance
that you will never,never let me down. With my influence and the position of
the bank official, we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable
account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official
will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you can come immediately
to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in
your presence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days
ahead of the money going into the account.I will apply for annual leave to
get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
this fund in your account. 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 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transfering.I look forward to your
earliest reply using this email address:solomonmudani77@surfy.net
Yours,

MR. SOLOMON MUDANI.


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