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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: sunnyahmed@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:16:43 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HELLO=2E?=

Sunny Ahmed
sunnyahmed@zipmail.com.br
CITZENS INTRENATIONAL BANK PLC,
LAGOS NIGERIA

MY Dear friend


Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.I am an
Accountant with the Bills and Exchange Department,
Foreign Remittance office of CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK
OF NIGERIA PLC.
I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation to carry out this transaction.
I discovered an abandoned sum of (14 Million Usa Dollars)
in an account that belongs to one of our Foreign
customer who died along side his entire family in November
1997 in a plane crash.

Since this development, i have search 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 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. I need a foreign partner to
apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and i don't want this money to go into the
Banking law and guide line here stipulates that if
such money remained unclaimed after 11 years, the
money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund.
Every document to affect this 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.All the payment and transfer
process will undergo a legal and legitimate way.Hence you
are not in any risk for your assistance and involvement in
this transaction.

I have agreed that 40% of the money will be for you, 10%
for expenses incurred on both sides,while 50% will be for
me.

If you are going to help me, indicate by replying this
letter and include your PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this
transaction in earnest.
Thanks for your anticipated assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Sunny A.





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