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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: dandyduli2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:30:40 -0500
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Mr=2EDandy=20Duli?=

FROM: MR.Dandy Duli.
2B Camelstone Close.
Santon 15011, Jo'Borg.
South Africa.

Sir/Madam.

RE: TRANSFER OF US$48,223,000. 00

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet)
has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still
remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence
is official and private, and it should be treated as such.

At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and
trouble free to both parties.

My name is Mr.Dandy Duli,I work as the operationalmanager in account management
section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks
here in South Africa. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary
account with a Balance Of US$48,223,000. 00 (Forty eight million two hundred
and twenty three thousand U.S dollar).On further discreet investigation,
I also discovered that the account holder has died long ago with his family
on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other
person knows about this
account.

I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who
is my partner and he is willing to approve the transfer to
any reliable and trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank
account because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner and from Australia
in particular. I am certainly sure that he has no writen or oral WILL attached
to the account , no beneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim
of this money. It is only a foreigner who can claim this money with legal
claims to the account holder which I will provide to you if you are interested,
therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction. The difference in
country of origins is not a hindrance to the success of this transaction.
This money will remain useless in this dormant account if I did not transfer
the fund out to a foreign account.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to
claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to provide
your safe bank account information for the transfer. All arrangement that
will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which you are to
nominate is already in place.You should also provide me with your direct
phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality in
handling this transaction.

At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 25% of the total
transfer sum, 70% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any
expenses both parties might incure during the process of the transfer. The
fund will be transferred to your account in two parts. I will first transfer
USD 20 Million to your account. I will fly over to meet you after the successful
transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. I will have the
remaining balance of USD28,223 Million transferred to your account only
after the successful sharing of the first transfer without any disappointment
from your side.

Contact Information:
Tele: +874-763591425
Fax: +874-763591426
Email: dandyduli@myway.com

Let me hear from you URGENTLY.

Best Regards,
Mr. Dandy Duli.




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