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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: <dannkanga2@eposta.cz>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:03:25 -0000
Subject: Very urgent please.


FROM: DR.Dan Nkanga
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD.
COWRIE HOUSE,
ADEOLA-HOPEWELL STR.
VICTORIA-ISLAND, LAGOS
Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. We have
decided to contact you by e-mail due to the urgency
of this transaction. Let me start by first
introducing myself properly to you. I am DR.DAN
NKANGA, a Manager in advances department of the
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD, Lagos. I came to know
of you in my private search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential
transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum
of money to a foreign account requiring maximum
confidence. I am not too really sure if you are my
long lost contact whom I am trying to reach, but in
anyway, please do take this message with a good heart
and report back to me if you are not the person I
think you are. I would explain more latter.
THE PROPOSITION:
A foreigner, late Engineer SANN CLARKE, an Oil
Merchant / contractor with the federal Government of
Nigeria, until his death three years ago in a ghastly
air crash, banked with us here at ZENITH BANK Lagos,
and had a closing balance of USD$27.5M ( Twenty Seven
Million and Five hundred thousand, United States
Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably expects to
be claimed by any of his available foreign next of
kin or alternatively be donated to a discredited
trust fund for the purchase of arms and ammunition at
a military war college here in Nigeria. A fervent
valuable effort has been made by our bank (ZENITH
INTERNATIONAL BANK) to get in touch with any of the
CLARKE family or relatives but all have proved to no
avail. It is because of the perceived possibility of
not going to be able to locate any of late Engr. SANN
Clarke&#8217;s next of kin, wife or children that our
Chairman and board of directors have decided to
declare the funds (UNCLAIMED) and then be
subsequently donated to the discredited Trust Fund
for the purchase of Arms and Ammunitions for war in
Africa against other continent in the world. In order
to avert this negative development, myself and some
of my trusted collaborating colleagues here at the
bank now seek for your permission to have you stand
as late Engr. SANN Clarke&#8217;s next of kin so that the
funds could be subsequently transferred into your
bank account as the beneficiary&#8217;s next of kin. All
documents and proves to authenticate you as the
rightful next of kin to the beneficiary will be
carefully arranged such that the deal will be a 100%
risk free involvement. For your assistance and
collaboration , your commission will be 20%, 75%
shall be for myself and my collaborating colleagues
for investment purposes in your country while 5% will
be set aside for any expenses that would be incurred
in the process of the transfer.
If this proposal is OK, and you do not wish to take
advantage of the trust we hope to bestow on you and
your company, then kindly get to me immediately via
my most exclusive e-mail: nkanga2@portugalmail.com
furnishing me with your most confidential telephone,
fax number and exclusive e-mail so that I can forward
to you the relevant details of this transaction.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation
Best regards and God blessings,
DR Dan Nkanga (ZENITH INTL BANK LTD).
Lagos - Nigeria.


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