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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: "Mr.DAVID ABIOLA" <mrdavid_abiola@arabtop.net> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 12:02:58 +0400
Subject: MR DAVID ABIOLA AND IG. TAFA BALOGUN

I am Mr. DAVID ABIOLA a personal assistant to Mr.TAFA BALOGUN former Nigeria inspector-General of Police.
I have an amount in security vault in Asia continent of US$27M, which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 25% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner to this business?
INTRODUCTION OF MYSELF:

As a personal assistant to MR TAFA BALOGUN, he authorized me to send this $27m out of Nigeria through a diplomatic means to Asia continent since government has started probing him on money laundry.

Already the funds have left the shore of Nigeria and now deposited in a private Security vault in Asia which am yet to let you know the exact country where this fund was deposited.
Further more I deposited this $27m to the security vault and make them to understand that it was family valued goods, that means that they security vault do not know the actual content of this box I deposited to them .
My Boss got arrested for money laundering, theft of police funds, invested stolen funds in blue chip firms, banks and owned several accounts where huge sums of looted money where lodged in fictitious names. Read more of this stories in this website bellow
www.nigerianmuse.com/nigeriawatch/officialfraud/?u=Tafa_Balogun_arrested.htm <http://www.nigerianmuse.com/nigeriawatch/officialfraud/?u=Tafa_Balogun_arrested.htm>
www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200601&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/ <http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200601&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/>

YOUR ROLE AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted
Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable
The security vault in Asia releases the box to you.
Upon your positives and urgent reply I will give you the name of the security vault in Asia to contact them and make arrangements on how you will receive the sum of $27m.
Thank you very much and am waiting to hear from you soon.

Regards,
Mr.DAVID ABIOLA



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