joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: eriboss01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:24:07 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=20ERIC?=

Dear Friend,
I am ERIC BOSSOU the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
Department of Eco Bank Benin, in West Africa, and also the account
officer of Mr.Robert Bouabjian,(the MD Menemenlioglu construction
sarl)of
Lebanese Origin.
Unfortunately he died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines
Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou Benin Republic on the December 25,2003.
You may read more stories about the crash on visiting these websites:
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash

Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Mr.Robert Bouabjian had a
fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person outside the
bank
knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved that his supposed next of
kin died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several
enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I
contacted you to assist in
transffering the money left behind by my client to your nominated
account
before the bank confiscates the fund.
Consequently, since l have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 5 weeks now. I seek your consent, to present you as the next
of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$4.3 million can be paid into your account and thereafter you and l
can share the money.70% to me and my colleagues 30% to you.We shall
procure all necessary legal document that can be used to back up any
claim we may
make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
deal through.
I guarantee that this deal will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
All document of transaction shall be destroyed immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace behind.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email the following
information to me:
a. Complete names
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax number
d. Private email
Have a nice day and God bless.
Sincerely,
Mr ERIC BOSSOU



------------------------------------------
Use o melhor sistema de busca da Internet
Radar UOL - http://www.radaruol.com.br



Anti-fraud resources: