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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: dr_daniel2k@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:47:22 -0800
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME


From the desk of Dr. Daniel Eke
The Auditor General,
Ecobank Nigeria Plc.
No 45/49 Kings Rd Ikoyi,
Lagos Nigeria

I am Dr. Daniel Eke, the auditor General of the Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Lagoa
Nigeria. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

I am the Auditing officer to Mrs Salah Adams (deceased) one of our foreign
customers. While she banked with us, I oversaw her accounts and other official/financial
obligations as my office demanded. being her auditor Unfortunately, she
died along with her entire family in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999
on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other passengers.On further investigation,
I found out that she died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace
her next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mrs. Salah Adams
did not declare any kin or relations in all her official documents,including
her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$45,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the expiration
of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.I cannot release the fund
from her account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin to Mrs. Salah Adams so that the fruits of this old
woman's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits
that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services
of our bank attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor
for the transfer.

Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any family member that
would lay claim to this fund, I decided to take my chance with you.I now
seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as
I have all documentations including his certified Death Certificate that
will facilitate your stand as next of kin to her as she had a closing balanced
of US$45,000,000.00 here in our bank in Nigeria.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Beneficiary name and address

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.

These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and
file your name in form A2, T12 and other vital forms as next of kin.

Please consult the BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE. below for verification. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm


The fund will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
50% for me and 50% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by our bank legal representative and my position as the auditor of
the bank guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you
are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me
your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country.

Please send your reply to these email address for confidential reasons:
dr.daniel_eke@financesource.com

Thanks and regards.

Dr. Daniel Eke
dr.daniel_eke@financesource.com


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