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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: "Paul Appolie" <fbengore@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paul@fcdept-zenithbank.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 03:05:26 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal

Mr.Paul Appolie
Zenith Bank Plc.,
Lagos,Nigeria.
paul@fcdept-zenithbank.com


Dear Friend,

I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On
June 6, 1999, a Foreign consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
Ministry Of Work and Housing,Mr.Georges Jun made a numbered time
(Fixed)Depositfor twelve calendar months, valued at US$10,500,000.00( Ten
Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.
Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident. On further investigation,
I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to
trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Georges Jun
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of
US$10,500,000.00 has carefully been moved out of my bank a International
Bank for safe-keeping . No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five)
years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as an Foreigner to
stand in as the owner of the money I deposited in the bank.

I am writing you because I as a public servant can not operate a
foreign account or have an account that is more than $1m.I want to present
you the as the next of kin to Mr.Georges Jun, so that you can be able to
claim the fund with the help of my attorney.All these are to make sure
that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of
some corrupt
government officials.

This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your full names
and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents
which will put you in place as the as thenext of kin.

The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me
and 25% for you and 5% will take care of all expenses.There is no risk
at all as all the paperwork for this will be done by the
Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of this deal.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via my
email:paul@fcdept-zenithbank.com upon your response, I shall then provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction.

Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us

Thanks and regards.

Mr.Paul Appolie



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