joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Fraud email example:

From: lawhassan3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 06:01:10 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Offer?=

ATTENTION

Dear Friend,
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL URGENT BUSINESS.
I am Dr LAWRENCE HASSAN, Treasury director with Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc,
Lagos-Nigeria.
I got your contact from a close Associate of mine who works with the Nigerian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry upon my quest for a trusted and reliable
foreign business man/woman or company.
PROPOSITION:
A German Mr. David Jain, 70 years of age and who was based in
Nigeria as a contractor had in our Bank the sum of US$3Million in a domiciliary
account. He named his wife, Mrs. Helga David as the next of kin. Unfortunately,two
of them were killed in the plane crash involving concord AF4590 in Gonesse,France.
Effort had been made by the management of my Bank through the German Embassy
in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail,as we were
made to understand that the couple had no child owing to the skeletal information
available to the bank, it has so far been impossible
to reach any of the relatives. The option left for the bank management is
to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds to trading
on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.
In order to avoid this development, my Colleagues and I now seek your permission
to have you stand as a distant relative to Mr. and Mrs. David Jain, so that
the funds would be released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you
get the funds will be carefully worked out on our receiving your consent
to this proposal, we would immediately obtain for an order of mandamus from
the Federal High court of Justice on your behalf recognizing you as a bona-fide
relative to the deceased and subsequently apply for the release of the funds
to you as the beneficiary, through the Central Bank Of Nigeria.
May I assure you that this Transaction is 100% risk-free, as we have taken
care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction. To
this effect my colleagues and I have agreed to compensate you with 20% of
the total sum of US$3Million for your kind assistance i.e. provision of
a nominated Foreign Bank Account to accommodate the fund for me. While i
will take 85%,then the remaining 5% will be used to settle any expences
that any of us might make at the process of securing this fund.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, please contact me strictly
through THIS EMAIL lawhassan2002@yahoo.com.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Lawrence Hassan





------------------------------------------
Use o melhor sistema de busca da Internet
Radar UOL - http://www.radaruol.com.br

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam