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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: consultbernard@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 15:55:36 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

FROM :AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.
Greetings

Dear Partner,
In order to transfer out $26,000,000.00 Million USD (Twenty -Six Million
United States Dollars) from our bank. I have the courage to look for a reliable
and honest person who will be capable for this important business believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr. Bernard Damary the Operation Manager of United Bank for Africa
Plc (U.B.A). There is an account opened in this bank in 1985 and since 1995
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old
files in the records i discovered that if i do not remitt this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is
Mr. Clayton Riedfield and the manager of Granite Minning Nig, an Engineer
by profession and he died since 1995 no other person knows about this account
or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about this
account and the amount invloved is (USD 26,000,000.00).I want to transfer
this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't know any foreigner,
i am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved
to any local bank here but can only be approved to any foreign account because
the money is in U.S Dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Clayton
Riedfield and he was a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business, i
only got your contact address from the internet listing with the believe
in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the only
person that i have contacted for this business for now so please reply urgently.
When the transfer is approved and payment schedule is allocated overseas,
through the offshore payment center for final clearance and signing of the
final payment release order form by the beneficiary, i want us to see at
the oversea paying clearance office face
to face for signing of the original binding agreement to bind us together
so that we can receive this money into a foreign account or any account
of your choice where the fund will be remitted.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign
account as the real beneficiary. I need your co-operation to make this work
fine, because the management of my bank is ready to approve this payment
to any foreigner who has the correct information to this account, which
i will give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust, according to my instructions and my advice
for our mutual benefit because i don't want to make any mistake. I need
your strong assurance and trust and i shall destroyed all document concerning
to this transactions immediately we received this money living no trace
to any place.

I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from foreign payment department with assurance that this money
will intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing
and other investment. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
25% out of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 10% will be for expenses
, both parties might have incurred during the process of this transaction.
I look forward to your earliest reply.

Yours Truly,
Mr Bernard Damary





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