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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: barrister <barrister@marihuana.ro> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:36:36 -0500
Subject: I AM WAITING FOR YOU PLEASE



AHMED ASALAM WRITING FROM THE UK:

THE SOLICITORS AT LAW
Legal Practitioners, consultants
Advocate, and chartered solicitors.
25 Idowo tailor streets
Victoria Island-Lagos
Nigeria.

I am in UK for the for my retirement plan.

Phonenumber: +44-7040114978
+44-7031849029
+44-7031849032
FAX NUMBER +44-7092861400

Mutual benefit of $38.800 million dollars.

PLEASE REPLY YOUR MESSAGE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:(barrister_asalam@zipmail.com.br)

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FOR YOU.

Dear Good Friend,

How do you do?,

It is with great confident that I send this unsolicited message to seek your
Consent and partnership, I am Barrister Ahmed Asalam ESQ (S.A.N)
Senior advocate of Nigeria,i need your urgent and very confidential
Approach to this proposition.

I am 72 years old presently in UK for my retirement plan out of africa sub region.
I am contact you to recieve this cash and disburst it into your personal account,then
withhold my share in safe costody pending my arrival to your country.

I want you to receive $38.800 million USD that was kept in my costody by the abacha
family, I am the attorney to late General Sanni Abachas family, the former Nigeria
Head of State who died few Years ago, before his death and now I remain the family lawyer.

The present Government have intensified serious probe into Abachas
Looted funds and they arrested the son ibrahim abacha for conspiracy to
economy Sabotage, I battle with my chamber associates to get him out on bail,
While the case is still pending he was placed on house arrest.

Alhaji Ibrahim abacha is the eldest son of Abacha;he gave me the mandate to
Convert their landed properties to cash, the sale of the properties have
Accrued $38.800 million USD, This cash is trapped here because of our
Government probations into abachas finance and wealth.

because of the seriouse probe into abachas family and your country monetary policy,the only
wise option is to deposit the fund into a security vault finance company,i have made all
arrangment down with a special diplomatic courier company that will deliver the fund to
any destination safe enough for you to pick the cash pending my arrival into your country.

I am contacting you to send your informations to me for the change of ownership
beneficiary status of the consignment into your name as the cargo owner.

Your personal telephone lines
Scan Passport photograph
Your complete mailing address
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I have made all modalities down to protect you From bridge of the law, there is no risk involve,
it is 100% risk free.

Although we have not meet, I got your contacts from VIP files in the
Internet believing that you are cable to handle this magnitude of
Cash, I want you to up hold the trust and confident I reposed in you,
please note that i will require asistance financially to complete this
transaction.

I am using this opportunity that abacha elder son abrahim is confined to
house Arrest to transfer this cash to you to enable me invest for my retirement
plan,i have concluded all arrangments for the consignment to leave immediately
i hear from you.

The cash will be share 50% percent each, any expenses that will occur will
be Shared equally by both parties, I sitting near my computer waiting for your
urgent reply, this is A matter of urgency.

I refer u to this sitebelow:

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.s

Yours faithfully,
Barrister Ahmed Asalam.ESQ
(S.A.N).

PLEASE REPLYYOURMESSAGE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:(barrister_asalam@zipmail.com.br)



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