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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: barrister.charles@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:55:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sincere=20Proposition?=

USMAN AND ASSOCIATES
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER CHARLES USMAN
Plot 5678, Ahmadu Bello way,
Victoria Island.
Lagos - Nigeria
Email: urgentbarrister@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Charles Usman, a Solicitor at law. I am
the personal attorney to Mr. Dennis Grahams, nationality of
your country .He was a specialist Seasoned Contractor
with Shell Petroleum Company in Lagos - Nigeria, who
unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union
Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou,
Benin Republic on the December 26,2003.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting
this website:
Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Before his death on the 26th December 2003. He has a
fixed Deposit account with one of the biggest
commercial bank here in Nigeria and no other person
knows about this account or anything concerning it,
the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me 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 track his last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you but I know you don?t know him, but with
your last name been the same, we can get this money
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives For over 3 months 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$10.522 million can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money.

I will obtain all the necessary legal documents on
your behave as the next of kin to the late deceased
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 will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the Law and am assuring
you that it is 100% risk free transaction.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do send your
reply on my above EMAIL ADDRESS:
urgentbarrister@yahoo.co.uk

Best Regards
Barr. Charles Usman





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