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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: hansd@itloox.com
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:53:14
Subject: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU


Dear friend,

Assalaamu'Aleikum.



Greetings to you in the name of Allah the most holy one.



I am writing you this mail with a great hope that you will consider the message contained in it and respond accordingly.Before I proceed I will like to introduce myself:



I am Barr.Hans L.Dragsnes,a norwegian by nationality and a praticing Lawyer of over 3 decades. I am a muslim,married with four children.I am a personal lawyer to a very prominent and renown personality in Asia and the world at large who is presently in detention.



I am contacting you for your hand of partnership in a business worth $58million (fifty eight million US dollars).I got your contact through a personal search on the internet.Though we have not met before,i am confident that we would be able to establish the necessary trust needed for the execution of this project.All that I require from you is your total Cooperation.

I decided to with hold some informations in this mail for security reasons but I shall furnish you with the full details relevant to this transaction as soon as we have been able to establish some trust.



A while ago,my client got me acquainted with his plans to establish an ultra modern movie production facility with state of the art technology for movie production.This he intended to do when he retires from public service.For this purpose he set aside the sum of $58 million (fifty eight million US dollars) out of the huge fortune he made from the movie industry while he was still a movie producer and a movie actor in his country before stepping into the political scene .He seperated this funds and deposited them with two different security firms located in two different locations in the world.



On one of my visits to my client in prison recently,my client confided in me to assist his family to withdraw these funds and secure a secret way to relocate his family from his country to a safe place where they can be free from political oppression and death threats.



The political oppression on his family has grown so bad now that they now live in fear and misery.All their known monetary and landed assets have been confiscated and all their local as well as international bank accounts have been frozen by the government.All these atrocities are being propagated by my client's enemies in government who are jealous of his socio/political success.His family have been placed under a travelling embargo which prevents them from travellling out of their country.I was as well placed under a travelling embargo but I had to secure a way leave for London where I am at this moment.

I did this to enable me have a conducive atmosphere to execute our plans effectively and smoothly. As soon as we have been able to retrieve the funds I shall go back to move my client's family to a safe country where they can settle down in peace and as well invest the funds in a very viable business venture.If you can guarantee our safety then we can consider your country for this purpose.



We have the intention of retrieving one of the monies to enable us finalise our plans.This is why i contacted you.I want you to be our partner who will assist in the retrieval of the funds and securing it in a foreign account .I shall be available to give you the right directives on how to go about the whole process.



Also be assured that this transaction does not involve any thing illegal neither does it involve any form of risk .It is absolutely risk free.If you give me your cooperation we shall have a smooth and speedy conclusion of this transaction.



we shall negotiate what shall be your commision in this deal.I just want you to be rest assured that you will be handsomely rewarded at the end of this project.



Please do reply me immediately if you are interested in assisting us in this regard.



Please also note that this must be kept in absolute confidentiality for security reasons even if you are not interested.



I await your response to this mail.

May the peace of Allah rest on you.



Best regards,

Barr.Hans Dragsnes.












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