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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: "Ahmad Bello" <ahmadbelo@post.cz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ahmadbello@post.cz
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 17:01:29 +0000
Subject: Ahmad Bello!!!

Ahmad Bello
12 Avenue Centenatre
Dakar Senegal
E-mail:ahmadbello@post.cz
Attention: The President/CEO.

I am Alhaji Ahmad Bello, Bank Manager in one of the
leading banks here in Dakar Senegal. I have an urgent
and very confidential business proposition for you. A
contract employers- Teaser Petroleum Corporation made
a numbered time Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Dollars) in
my bank. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally discovered from
his contract employers, Teaser Petroleum Corporation
that MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich Germany died in
a plane crash along with his entire family in July
2000.PLEASE TAKE A CAREFULL LOOK AT THE BBC PUBLISHED
Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22
UK:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got this information about his death and on
further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigated and discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$20,000,000.00 is
still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of Senegal, at the expiration of 5
(five) years, the money will revert to the ownership
of the Senegalese Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next
of kin to Mr. Andreas Schranner so that the fruits of
this old man's labour will not get into the hands of
some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I
will like you to provide immediately your full names
and address so that I will place every necessary
information about you in the late account owner’s file
and our computer data base as his next of kin entitled
to inherit his deposited fund. We shall employ the
services of an attorney for drafting and notarization
of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favour for
the transfer. A bank account in
any part of the world that you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into
your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for
me and 30% for you. The remaining 20% will be for any
expenses we might incurred during the course of the
transaction. There is no risk at all as all the
paperwork for this transaction will be done by the
attorney and my position as the Branch Manager
guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction. If you are interested, please reply
immediately via the private email address above. Upon
your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable
for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email
address. bello2423@yahoo.com
Regards,
Ahmad Bello.



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