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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: djames2004@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:38:18 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=2E=20DAVID=20JAMES=20=21=21=21=20?=

MR DAVID JAMRS
FROM ECOBANK,
BENIN.
Rue du Gouverneur Bayol Cotonou

ATTEN:DEAR,

RE:TRANSFER OF (USD 45 MILLION)

In order to transfer out (USD 45 MILLION) fourty Five million United States
Dollars) from ECO-BANK BENIN.

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and
confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future.

I am MR.DAVID JAMES,the auditor of ECO-BANK BENIN. There is an account opened
in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account
again.

Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I
do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. DESTIN PAL, a foreigner, and a miner at
D & D INVESTMENT CO., a geologist! by profession and he died since 1990.

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 this company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is (USD 45M) fourty Five million United States Dollars).

I want to transfer the [USD45M] fourty Five million United States Dollars
into a safe foreigners account abroad , 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 bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because
the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.DESTIN
PAL is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
our selves before,but be rest assure that this is life time business for
both of us even for our generation to come .

With believe in God that you will never let me down in this business.

You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently.

Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details
of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together
so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account
of your choice where the fund will be safe.

I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary.

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 account, which I will give to you,if you are able and with capability
to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions
and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come
again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
I need your strong assurance and trust.

With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreign
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.

And i want to remaind you that your share has been carculated at 35% of
the total sum. I'am waiting for your urgent reply so that i will give you
more information about this transaction.reply me (djames2400@yahoo.co.uk)

(CALL ME FOR MORE INFO AT MY PRIVATE LINE BELOW+229-72-14-22)

Regards.

MR. DAVID JAMES.
AUDITOR GENERAL
ECO BANK COTONOU
BENIN REPUBLIC




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