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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: "Abdulkalil Hamza" <abdul_kalil_hamza@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: abdul_kalil_hamza@post.cz
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:34:11 -0800
Subject: Great Opportunity

TRUST SECURITIES COMPANY LTD. LAGOS, NIGERIA.

P.M.B 25690, KOFO ABAYOMI WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.

EMAIL : abdul_kalil_hamza@post.cz

From the desk of : AbdulKalil Hamza

I am AbdulKalil Hamza, the Director of Operations with TRUST SECURITIES
LAGOS NIGERIA.

Here in Nigeria. Our firm is a security company of high repute with years
of outstanding service to the people of Nigeria. I have resolved to contact
you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual
benefit to both of us. To be explicit and straight to the point.

Some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment
in our company's vault for safekeeping. And since then our client has failed
to come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable
amount of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bide to contact this
client to come and redeem the demurrage which this consignment had accumulated,
we discovered that our client was the former president of the Federal Republic
of Zaire, Who died of brief illness after he was de-throwed in the same.
Year the consignment was entrusted into our care. Since the death of our
client President Mobutu Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come forward
to claim the consignment with us, which means that none of his relatives
or aids had any knowledge of this consignment. Hence out of curiosity I
decided to secretly open the two boxes that our client deposited in our
vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two boxes that were registered
as family treasure by our client actually contained a considerable amount
of money in United States Dollars amounting to US$35.5 million Dollar. Since
this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from
enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of money
from his country while he was in office as head of state. It is my conviction
that the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client
siphoned and now that he is dead there is no trace to this money in our
care.

I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this
money out of Nigeria to your country to immediate investment with your assistant.
I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total
and 65% will be for me and my colleagues while 5% will be for any offset.
Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of
this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights
of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance
and transfer of the complete funds to your country. Secondly, I will arrange
for the consignment already labeled as family treasure to be Lifted by diplomatic
means to our security company's correspondence in Europe, America or in
Asia where I will meet with you. You have nothing to worry about, as I will
be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation.
This Transaction is 100% risk free. Please if you are interested. For effective
actualization you are to forward to us via this email { abdul_kalil_hamza@post.cz}
the following informations

( A) Your name in full and brief information on your profile.

( b) Your personal/confidential Fax numbers

( c) Your Telephone/Mobile numbers d) Your full contact /office address.


Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. Thanks.

Yours faithfully,


AbdulKalil Hamza




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