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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: ajalausman@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 01:18:23 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?get=20back=20to=20me=20urgently?=

Mr. Alex Chiromah.
Foreign Operations.
International Trust Bank.
ICON House, 6th Floor, Idejo Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Goodday Els ,

I am Mr. Alex Chiromah, of the Department of Foreign Operations , International
Trust Bank. I was personal account manager at one time to one late Engineer
Walter Els of your country, who till his death was a contractor with Impressario
Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Ports authority.
On the 21st of April 2002, Engineer Walter , his wife and their three children
were involved in a car accident along Ibadan express road and all occupants
of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. At the time of his death,
he had a deposit of $16.5 Million which was proceed of a contract work he
just concluded with the Nigerian Ports authority. The payment was made with
an Ecobank cheque which I personally cleared.
Unfortunately, till this moment no person has come as his relation for his
chattels with us. I humbly request your attention to this matter so that
I can present you as his next of kin and beneficiary to his chattels. It
is not a very difficult thing to do and it will not take time. All I will
need is to change the name and particulars of his next of kin to yours in
our computer database and we file in an application for the release of the
fund. It does not necessarilly mean that you must be here to conclude the
deal, we may request that the money be sent to Europe for collection.
Please contact me as quickly as possible with email;chiromah@gmail.com

We will talk about the sharing ratio as soon as you get in touch with me.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE GIVEN EMAIL ADDRESS
ie;(chiromah@gmail.com )

Kind regards,

Alex Chiromah.




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