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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: anthony_555@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:45:30 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY=20NEEDED=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E?=

DEAR YENASA,

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.I am the manager Bills
and Exchange of Foreign Remittance office of Union Bank of NIgeria (U.B.N.
Headquarters Lagos Nigeria) formally Barclays Bank of England(BBE-England]
. In accordance withFederal Government Policies on indeginlization Law on
company and Allied matters of Jan 1972. I am writing you this letter to
ask for your support and co-operation tocarry out this transaction.
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$25. 5 million(twentyfive million five
hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs o one of our Foreign
customer, Engr. JEFF YENASA , who died along side hisentire family in November
2000 in aplane crash. Since this development, we have advertised for his
next of kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but
nobody came to apply for the claim. To this effect, I and two other officials
in my office, have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can
stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money.We need
a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and we don't want this money to go into the Banks Treasury
as unclaimed fund.
Every document to affect is process will emanate from my table and I will
perfect every document to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines,
So you have nothing to worry about.We have agreed that 30% of the money
will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on both sides, while 60% will
be for my colleagues and I. If you are going to help me, indicate by replying
this letter and putting in your PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS. I await
your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest. Once
I receive your reply, I will send you the Text of Application for immediate
of claim. Thanks for your anticipated assistance.
Mr ANTHONY.....




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