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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: barristermartin1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:38:13 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?REQUEST=20YOU=20AS=20NEXT=20OF=20KIN=20AND=20INVESTMENT=21=21=21?=

Attn:Sir,

I am Barrister .Jubril Martin, Personal Attorney to Mr Robert Graham,who
used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria(SPDC).On
the 21st of April 2002. Mr Robert, his wife and Two children were involved
in a car accident along Lagos-Ibadan Express Road, here in Nigeria.

Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,and
since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended
relatives; this has proved unsuccessful.After several unsuccessful attempts,
I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member
of his family but of no avail,hence my contacting you.

I am therefore soliciting your assistance to help transfer the money and
properties left behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank. My client has an equivalent of about US$30M dollars
(Thirty Million United StatesDollars) deposited with a bank here.

Consequently the bank issued me a notice to produce the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next ten (10) official working days.Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now,I
seek your consent to present you as the nex kin of the deceased since you
are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $30M U.S dollars (Thirty Million United States Dollars) can
be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 45%to
you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from anybreach of the law.
Please get in touch with me through this my email or call the
number as stated below for further discution
Yours faithfully,
Barrister .Jubril Martin.



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