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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: al.danjuma1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 05:00:43 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20CONSENT=20IS=20NEDDED=2E?=

AL-AHMED DANJUMA & CO CHAMBERS
(SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE)
FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENIN
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
14 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
E-Mail: al.danjuma@zipmail.com.br


Dear Friend,

Compliments, I Barrister Al-Ahmed Danjuma have decided to bestow this trust
on you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I apologise in advance
for any inconveniences this may cause you. I am Barrister Al-Ahmed Danjuma
the Personal Attorney to late Mr. Carl Mills Williams, who was a contractor
here in Benin Republic. Who, on the 3rd of Oct 2001, with his entire family

were perished in a fierceful Auto-Crash along Midombo Togo express way.

As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit amount, valued at (USD$16.7M)
with Legend Trust Bank here in Cotonou Benin Rep, and upon the duration
time of their agreement his bank started contacting him but no response.


Consequently,the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the
deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account confiscated after
five years,as it is in the law of this country.

Since then, I have made several contacts to His Countries Embassy in order
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had also been unsuccessful.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over Four to
Five Years now, In this wise, I decided to seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased since none of his relatives were
no way to be found so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$16.7M
could be transferred into your account, thereafter, we
will both share it in percentage according to our contributions to boost
the success of this great transaction.


I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all
the claims we will make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable
us make this great benefiting transaction successfully.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
as quick as possible through my private E-mail: (al.danjuma@zipmail.com.br)
to enable us discuss further the progress of this business.

Yours sincerely,

Al-Ahmed Danjuma
Solicitor & Advocate.



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