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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: johnmadu3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:37:20 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20CONTACT=20ME?=


FROM: Mr.John Madu
H.O.D. LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
FIRST BANK PLC(HQ)
35 MARINA LAGOS,
LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.
TEL:234-802-326-3360
mrjohnmadu@yahoo.com

Hello,
It is my humble pleasure and trust, I write this very important letter
to you, considering you are capable and kind enough to assist us in this
understated business proposal.I am just trying to know if you can be of
help,irrespective of the fact that we didn't know each other before or have
met for the first time in life.I came across your contact via international
profile in my earnest searching for a truthful/honest person to handle
this business with us. Firstly, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality
in this transaction,this is by virtue of its nature as being top secret
and confidential.I am: Mr. John Madu Head of Legal Department. First Bank
Plc (HQ) Lagos Nigeria. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make someone whom you didn't know for the first time to feel apprehensive,
but be assured that all will be well with every involved persons at the
end of this business as it is risk free.

THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER, ENGR.MICHAEL CREEK (AN EXPARTRIATE ENGINEER, who has a domiciliary
Account with this Bank, FIRST BANK NIG. PLC (HQ) foreign operation unit,was
an oil merchant / contractor with The Federal Government of Nigeria for
many years, but for about 2 years now from 2000 his account was dormat without
saving more money or withdrawing from the account asit used to be and because
of this development, his account officer MR. HENRY EGOBIA reported the
matter to me as the head of the account department,and upon this report,
I conducted a personal investigation by sending MR. HENRY to the address
submitted by Engr.Creek as of the time he opened the said account with
us to know the cause or reason of everything before the matter will be
made known to the bank in general. But pity he came back with a report to
me that Engr. Creek died some time in 2000 in a ghastly car accident in
Port-Harcourt ,Nigeria Oil heart city leaving in his account US$20.2m cash.
Now I have informed the bank authorities and board members about this matter
and after many meetings, they resolved that I should contact the relatives
or next of kin on behalf of the bank, for them to file a letter of claim,but
all efforts by this dept to contact any of his relatives or next of kin
have proved unsuccessful.His country embassy has tried without success and
wrote to me suggesting that the fund be shared to THE RED CROSS, CHILD
CARE TRUST or MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME and AIDS ORGANISATION IN AFRICA.In
order to prevent the bank from diverting this fund as unclaimed fund or
sharing it as said by the embassy which I know they will not do, I and my
colleagues MR. HENRY EGOBIA being MR. THOMAS's account's officer, the bank
lawyer, P.R.O. and the administrative Manager now seek your assistance
for you to stand as the next of kin / relation of Engr.Michael Creek in
claiming this US$20.2m. All the documents that will enable you cliam this
fund will be carefully provided for you to submit for the workout of this
claim.If this is acceptable to you, kindly contact me through my private
e-mail ATTENTION: also forward to me your telephone,fax,mobile number,
your full home address for easy communication as more detail will follow
up. We will be also happy to hear from you, . We have agreed to part with
20% percentage of the total amount as your own share of the money for assisting
us in this deal. We shall also map out percentage of this money to take
care of incidental expenses that may arise in the course of this transaction.
Immediately this fund is being remitted into your account,note that high
degree of trust is required from you. Thank you in anticipation of your
co-operation.
Awaiting your response urgently through my private email address
mrjohnmadu@yahoo.com
for the sake of confidentiality:
Regards,
Mr. John Madu
H.O.D. LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
FIRST BANK PLC.




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