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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: "Eric Kimbus" <erickimbus6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: erickimbus@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:30:25 -1000
Subject: Awaiting your reply soonest.

No 13 VC2
Clifton Estate
Johannesburg - South Africa.


Dear Friend,

Do not be perplexed by this mail. It's all about
soliciting your attention to transfer the sum
of {$26 Million USD}, and {$6 Million USD} will be
transferred first after a solid agreement between us.
As an Auditor General (AG), an equivalent of American
Certified Public Accountant {C.P.A} and the personal
account officer to the deceased, I believe that we can
do this business without any hitches, if only you will
be trusted and then follow simple instructions for a
smooth success of the business.

I have a solid master plan/arrangements on how
best to actualize this objective. So, I am not
trying to experiment with a transaction of this nature
and magnitude, for such an opportunity might never ever
come my way again in my lifetime. My fear now is if
this money will be safe in your hand/custody pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing and investments.
You can provide either an existing bank account
or set up a new bank a/c immediately to receive this
money. Even an empty a/c without any money in it can
serve to receive this money, as long as you will
remain honest to me till the end of this important
business, trusting in you that you will never let me
down either now or in future.

If we agree and never to disagree, you will stand to
get 35%, 5% for local and international expenses
incurred by both parties on the course of the transfer,
while the balance of 60% will be for me.

Note: The owner of this account is Mr. Howard Sweeney, a
foreigner and a miner.He made millions of dollars before
he died misteriously .Since 1993 no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it.
My investigation proved to me that the account has
no other beneficiary and that Mr. Howard Sweeney
until his death was the manager Sweeney Coy.(pty). SA.
The deceased died without oral or written "WILL" and
without any "HEIR". The deceased is a foreigner and
because he is a foreigner, this fund cannot be released
to an indegene here or an indigenous bank a/c here,
IT MUST BE A FOREIGNER WITH A VALID FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.
So it is based on this that you are contacted.
As you know INHERITANCE is not a crime all over the world.
In this transaction we shall follow strictly all the rules of
the International Law of Inheritance and obtain all the
necessary transaction documents from the appropriate
authorities to prove that the inheritance/fund is genuine.

I look forward to your reply soonest through my email address.

Best Regards,

Mr. Eric Kimbus


N/B: DO NOT FORGET TO SEND ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

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