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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: adamuchamb2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:47:17 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Reply?=

Dear Clive,

Greetings with good faith. I am Barrister David Adamu,a solicitor at law.I
am the personal attorney to Mr.Mark Clive,a national of your country,who
used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria.Here
in after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 27th of January 2002, my client, his wife and their three children
were involved in Ikeja bomb blast here in my country. My client and his
family unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries
to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but all to
no avail. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track
his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence
I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had an account valuedat
about USD$2.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account confiscated within the next few weeks.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years
now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued
at USD2.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share
the money in the following ration:60% to me and 35% to you, and 5% for any
expenses that may be incurred during the process of this transaction. I
have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make.To be honest with you, I have worked out the modalities of this
transaction.

All I require is your sincere cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect us from any breach of the law.Please if you are interested
to work with me in good faith and honesty, get in touch with me by my private
email at d_adamu@fastermail.com and send to me your telephone and fax numbers
to enable us discuss further on this transaction, and also your banking
details and address where this fund will be released into.

I would prefer a virgin(new) account with little or no money for this transfer.
I hope to hear from you soon. God bless you.

PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM WHAT I AM TELLING YOU.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

Best regards,
Barrister David Adamu.
http://www.nigerianlawyers.com/Chukuka.Delanu.htm
234-1-7205731





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