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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: marcelremmy@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:07:03 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20CONTRACT=20PAYMENT=20NOTIFICATION?=





RE PETITION AGINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
CORRUPT OFFICIALS.



ATTN:President/Ceo,



I am Barrister marcel remmy, a legal practioner,
senior advocate and a human right activist (HRA).

Consequent to the payment of your outstanding fund by
the banking institution here in Nigeria, I hereby write
to notify you that the Federal Gorverment and other top
bank officials have since being sued for the delay in
the payment of your outstanding beneficiary fund,
Couple with the information available to me, l
discovered that you are a bonafide beneficiary to
certain amount of fund, and as a result of not in the
position to procure the relevant papers you fund has
since being seized.

We understood that your fund has been held for too
long,this is the reason we intend to assist you in
getting your fund,base on your support and
co-operation.Any further communication with any
official should from now hence forth come to a stop for
security reasons.

It is in my interest to let you know that upon the
succesful completion of this case soonest, your payment
will be effected by the CITIBANK IN NEW YORK as will be
insructed by the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN).

Please be informed that as a human right activist, l am
fighting this course to secure the right of our foreign
partners to foster and promote the great name of my
country and to establish my position in the legal
industry, which is based on humanitarian ground.

Kindly re-confirm to me immediately your particulars
for proper documentation and presentation of same to
the court on your behalf.(full name/contact
address,bank account,tel/fax).

Regards,

Barr. marcel remmy













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