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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: "Jimmy Robinson" <robinson@jimmyworld.org>
Reply-To: jimmyroson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:02:14 +0100
Subject: Need Your Urgent Response.

MR.JIMMY ROBINSON,
HEAD; Treasury/ Credit Unit
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC
PLOT 1669, OYIN JOLAYEMI STREET,
P O BOX 75455, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.
LAGOS NIGERIA
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 234 803 2395422

PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:jimmyroson@yahoo.co.uk

My dear,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having
gone through your remarkable profile on the Internet. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest, surest and most
secured medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all
what you may think of.

I am MR.JIMMY ROBINSON, A HEAD; Treasury/ Credit Unit GUARANTY TRUST BANK
PLC.NIGERIA.
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached
to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (GUARANTY
TRUST BANK PLC.NIGERIA) in a recent meeting recommended that the account of
Thomas P. Farrelly, aged 54,from East Northport, N.Y., Computer programmer,
Accenture who was Confirmed dead in the World Trade Center building.

He was one of my branch depositor, should be declared dormant, confisticated
and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to Nigeria
Banking and financial law. He died in world trade center as a
victims of the September 11,2001.Incident that befall the united state of
America, the bank is still
unrelenting in it's bid to contact any of the relatives to claim this money,
you can confirm through this
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=3669
He is an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar account with the sum
of US$15.3M (Fifteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only) deposited in a numbered account with the account.

Intact it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar
account holder(the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show
up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I want
you to come in.

I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the
contact of the attorney, you will have to write to him Telling him you are a
relation to the deceased and that you have found out that Thomas P. Farrelly
has account with GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. NIGERIA, which you wants to lay
claims.

Through his legal authority we will be happy to assist you. I will be the
one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then
advise you exactly on how we should handle it.

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this
mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction.

I will use my positions to get all internal documentations to back up the
claims .The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days if followed
strictly according to plan, to get the fund retrieved successfully
without trace even in the nearest future.
Please need the following:
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3.HOME ADDRESS
4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.
After successful conclusion of this transaction, you will compensated
with 35% of the total sum.
Yours truly,
MR.JIMMY ROBINSON


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