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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: dragom_davis@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:29:06 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BE=20NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=

DEAR SIR
GOOD DAY TO YOU,
I AM SENDING YOU THIS PROPOSAL WHICH IS NOT MANDATORY OR COMPEL AGAINST
YOUR HONOUR, I AM DR AGOM DAVIS,ONE OF THE LEADING DIRECTOR'S OF EKO BANK
GHANA
PLC AND WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHICH CONTAINS $9M USD HERE BELONGING TO
ONE OF OUR NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS MR BERNARD HANS, HE WAS A CONTRACTOR DOWN
HERE, HE AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY ARE LIVING HERE IN GHANA, BUT IT WAS SO
UNFORTUNATE THAT MR BERNRAD HANS LOSS HIS LIFE IN A MOTOR ACCIDENT ON HIS
WAY BACK FROM ACCRA WITH HIS WHOLE FAMILY, ALL TRACES TO LOCATE HIS OTHER
RELATIVES PROOVED ABORTIVE,AND HIS MONEY($9M USD) IS STILL HERE IN THE
ACCOUNT, SO ON THE BANKS LAST GENERAL MEETING, THE BANK MANAGEMENT AND BOARD
OF DIRECTORS AGREED THAT THIS FUND WILL BE SENT TO THE MOTHERLESS BABY HOME
OR THE LESS PREVELEDGED,IF NO ONE COULD COME AND CLAIM THE FUND ON THIS
NOTE I PERSONALLY DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A NEXT OF KIN WHOM WILL CLAIM THE
FUND AS THE RELATIVE OF OUR LATE CUSTOMER (MR BERNARD HANS) PLEASE I AM
SENDING YOU THIS EMAIL WITHFULL TRUST AND KNOWING THAT YOU WON'T JILT ME
MAYBE AFTER SOMETIMES, SO THIS MONEY MAY BE TRANSFERED INTO YOUR PERSONAL
ACCOUNT AND THEN 10% WILL BE FOR EVERY EXPENSES OCCURED DURING THE TRANSACTION
AND 60% WILL COME TO ME AND 30% WILL BE YOURS.
SO FRIEND IF YOU HAVE AGREED TO MY PROPOSAL, KINDLY SEND ME YOUR FULL INFORMATION
SUCH AS:
NAMES:
COMPANY NAME:
FULL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBERS
PRIVATE EMAIL:
FOR EASIER COMMUNICATION AND YOU CAN SEND ME EMAIL THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL:
SO WE CAN CARRY ON WITH THE TRANSACTION AND SO I CAN GIVE YOU EVERY DETAILS
AND OUR BANK'S CONTACT OK.
YOURS DR AGOM DAVIS
( EKO BANK GHANA PLC



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