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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: kpaul66@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 03:15:30 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN=3DLEGITIMATE=28HAPPY=20NEW=20YEAR=29?=

FROM:DR.KEVIN PAUL,
HEAD OF ARCHIVES /RECONCILIATION
BOND BANK NIG. LTD.
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS.
E-mail:k_paul99@yahoo.com
PRIVATE NUMBER:234-8035707708

RE: NEXT OF KIN

GOOD DAY,

DO NOT BE SURPRISED AT RECEIVING THIS MAIL.I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO HARM
IN TRYING SOMEONE TRUSTWORTHY AT HEART.A NEW RELATIONSHIP WILL GO A LONG
WAY TO HELP ME.

I NEED YOU TO COME AND STAND AS 'NEXT OF KIN' TO A CLIENT MR.MANSOUR L.
BUCHO WHO DIED IN 1999 OF A HEART CONDITION
HERE IN LAGOS. SOME YEARS AGO,MR.MANSOUR MADE A NUMBERED(OR
FIXED)DEPOSIT OF US$18,000,000.00 MILLION IN MY BANK.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE DID NOT MENTION A NEXT OF KIN IN ANY
OF HIS PAPERS WITH US OR HIS CONTRACTORS - TEXACO OIL.SINCE
THEN,THERE HAVE BEEN NO RESPONSE TO OUR INTERNATIONAL
ADVERTORIALS CALLING FOR ANY RELATIVE TO CONTACT US.

IT IS FIVE YEARS NOW AND STILL NO RESPONCE.THE INTEREST HAVE ROLLED OVER,BRINGING
THE TOTAL CLAIMS TO US$20,000,000.00 MILLION.MY DEPARTMENT HAS THE MANDATE
TO OVERSEE THE INTERNAL CLEARANCE FOR CLAIMS SUCH AS THIS AND THE FINAL
APPROVAL SIGNATURE FOR PAYMENT IS MINE.YOU HAVE NO RISK.BY LAW,YOU ONLY
NEED TO SHOW-UP ONCE BEFORE THE MONEY WILL BE PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ABROAD.

HOWEVER,PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN US;I WILL TAKE
60%AND YOU:40%(OR US$8,000,000.00 MILLION).THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE NEED
TO CLAIM THIS MONEY FAST.I WILL GIVE YOU MORE COMPREHENSIVE DETAIL WHEN
YOU REPLY.

I WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THANK YOU,

DR KEVIN PAUL





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