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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: "KUMAR BELLO" <kumar90@handbag.com>
Reply-To: kumar_bello1981@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:15:31 -0800
Subject: HELLO

Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in
this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret. You have
been recommended by an associate who assured me in
confidence of your ability and reliability in
prosecuting a business transaction of high net value
requiring maximum confidentiality
I am Barrister. Bello Personal Assistant to Alhaji
Rewani Lukeman, the Presidential Adviser on Petroleum
Matters.
Sir my message to you was based on some money that
floated into the Government treasury due to the recent
boom in the International Oil Market.
The Federal Government of Nigeria budgeted US$18.00
per barrel in last year budget, but the price was
changed in the international oil market where by a
barrel was sold between US$28-US$35.00. We
recorded excess gain, and all these could not be
accounted for, hence
some executive members in the petroleum ministry
decided to stash away the sum of
US$14,300,000.00,(Fourteen Million, three hundred
thousand United States Dollars) to an off shore
account of a foreign
national or company.
Please we are not contacting you because we do not
have or know any person with whom we can do the deal
with successfully, rather we are trying
to avoid situation where by, after our tenure in
office, a panel of inquiry may be setup to check our
activities while in office or our investments
through friends and relations, that is what we are
avoiding.
If you are interested to assist us, please let me have
your personal telephone, fax and email address, so
that I can furnish you with further
details on the modalities of the transfer of the fund
into your bank account.
Please keep this matter to your self, as we do not
want it to back fire. If you are not interested,
delete this mail and take it as if you have
heard nothing from me.
I look forward for your positive response.
Best regards.
Barrister. Bello.


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