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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: robertlambert@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:00:40 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?business?=

My Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.ROBERT LAMBERT , Regional Officer of UBS AG
London. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of
my bank who perished in a plane crash [Korean Air
Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6, 1997.

Since the demise of this our customer, whom I could not care lessa bout,I
personally has watched with keen interest to see
the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his funds of us$9 m, [ Nine million united states dollars] which has been
with my branch for a very long time.
It is my branch for I sit on it for a long time
mmmm.....

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up

to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics in
London does not allow such money to stay long period of
years, because the money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed after this period. In view of
this I got your contact through my search via business

report from r web site to see if you can assist. I
will give you 25% of the total.

Upon the receipt of your response, I bring to your notice that this business
is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities
for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply
to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail

signifying Your decision including your private
Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,

Mr.ROBERT LAMBERT




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