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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: pfadaya_chambers@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:26:15 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20COOPERATION?=

Dear Partner

I am Barrister Philip Fadaya,a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to one of my client a national of your Country, who used to work as a contract
with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Togo, herein after shall be
referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife
and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express
road, all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives, this was unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the
Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have
contacted you to assist in repartrating the money left behind by my client
before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this huge deposits were lodged.

Now the Bank, where the deceased had an account valued at about US$35.5million
dollars has issued me a notice to Provide the Next of Kin or have the account

confisicated within the next 14 official working days. Since I have been
unsuccesfully in locating the relatives for Over 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$35.5million dollars can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money 40% to you and 60% to me.

As legal practitioner, I can procure all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest

co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both parties

from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through my above E-mail address to enable us
discuss further, and also, you are advice to furnish me with your telephone
number including your fax number, your mobile phone as
well including your date of birth and place of birth and your proffession
and your full contact address.


Best regards,

Barrister Philip Fadaya
Phone +228-9493924
Alternative email address: pfadaya_chambers@katamail.com





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