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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: ubafundtransfer@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:26:17 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MR=20SCHRANNER=27S=20FUND=20IN=20OUR=20BANK?=


UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
HEAD OFFICE:UBA HOUSE
45/47 MARINA LAGOS
DESK OF LOUIS CAMPBELL
GM(FORIEGN OPERATIONS&DEPOSITS)
EMAIL:loiuscampbellng@tsamail.co.za


RE:REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

MY NAME IS LOIUS CAMPBELL, THE GENERAL MANAGER DEPOSITS AND FORIEGN OPERATIONS
OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA, HEAD OFFICE MARINA, LAGOS ,NIGERIA.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE IN MY QUEST TO FIND A
RELAIBLE PARTNER WHO CAN HELP ME RUN A DEAL OF $26M USD(TWENTY SIX MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

THIS FUND WAS THE BALANCE OF A DEPOSIT MADE BY A GERMAN ESTATE MAGNATE,MR.Andreas
Schranner, 64 WHO DIED ALONGSIDE HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE GERMAN CONCORDE
AIRLINE AF4590 ON Monday, 31 July, 2000.
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE DETAILS VIA THIS WEBSITE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

BEFORE HIS UNFORTUNATE DEATH, HE WAS THE A MAJOR CONTRACTOR WITH NIGERIA
GERMAN CHEMICALS AND NIGERIA LIQUIFIED NATIONAL GAS.

THIS FUND HAS STAYED THE MANDATORY 4YEARS ACCORDING TO OUR BANK POLICY AND
ALL EFFORT TO LOCATE ANYBODY WHO IS CLOSELY OR REMOTELY RELATED TO THIS
FAMILY HAS FAILED.I REMAIN BY VIRTUE OF MY POSITION THE ONLY PERSON WITH
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS TRAGEDY AND DEPOSIT, AND HAVE CAREFULLY REMOVED DETAILS
OF HIS TRANSACTION TO A SAFE PLACE.

IF YOU ARE HONEST AND WISH TO RUN THIS DEAL WITH ME CONTACT ME STRICTLY
VIA MY EMAIL SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE PROCEEDURES.

GOD BE WITH YOU UNTILL I HEAR FROM YOU

LOIUS CAMPBELL





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