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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: jappe.leon@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:54:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A=20=20PLEASE=20PERMIT=20IT?=

INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA,
COTONOU,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Dear Sir,

Good day to you. You may be surprised to read from a complete stranger,
that is very correct. But the issue right now is that I do not know how
to persosnally reach you. However, give this mail a good thinking, as I
believe that it takes two to tangle.

Please, before I go further, may I request for your strictest attention
to this proposal.

My name is MR. JAPPE LEON, a Camerounian, resident and worker in Cotonou,
Republic of Benin in West Africa.

I am the Chief Accountant in the International Bank of Cotonou, and I have
discovered several unclaimed sums of money lying dormant in the bank. Usually,
after long period of time, those unclaimed monies will be confiscated by
the Management of the bank
hence there are no claimants.

If you will be interested in working with me, I will present you as the
Next of Kin to one of those dormant accounts, which contains the sum of
25.5 million United States dollars, so that the money will be processed
and paid to you, so that we shall it i
n the ratio of 60% for me 35% for you and 5% to settle any expenses that
we might incure while processing the tranasaction.

In other to actualise this project, get in touch with me on my email on:
jappe_leon@yahoo.fr and indicate your interest, so that I will give you
a comprehensive information towards the smooth execution of this project.

Most importantly, due to my sensitive position in the bank, as I know the
implications should I be exposed, I ernestly request that you keep this
transaction secret.

Expecting your earliest positive reply.

Yours faithfully,
MR. JAPPE LEON.




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