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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: dr_nombette@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 01:33:01 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Assistance?=

Nombette Martins John,
An auditor,
United Bank for Africa (UBA),
Tel: +234-8032436842.

I write to request for your co-operation with me in
order to redeem an investment interest deposit of
Thirthy Million United State Dollars ($30m) made
by one Mr.William Gunn,an Australian in
1996 which has now matured for disbursement
since october 2002,but has remained unclaimed till
date.
As a reliable information confirmed that Mr.Gunn
died in a fatal car crash in February 2001.

However,our bank has taken an extensive global
attempt to locate and notify his next of kin who
coincidentally bears the same last name with him.
We have confirmed through three independent search
agencies that there are no direct living relatives
of the deceased in whose favour this money can be
paid.
Now being that our bank may be forced to seized the
money by december this year if unclaimed,myself and
two other staff in the Accounts and Records departments
of our bank respectively decided to claim this money with
you and share it instead of forfeiting it to our bank
since we have access to the late Mr.William Gunn's file
and the required coded information .
Because of the coincidence in your name and that of
his next of kin,all we need to do is to file this
claim in your identity and effect the documentation
and then present you as the bonafide next of kin.
This fund will be released to you immediately as we
have put every machinery on ground to ensure a
perfect conclusion as there will be no risk
involved.
We have agreed to give you $7m for your
Please do acknowledge receipt of this letter and
your confidentiality of this deal.Please include your
telephone /fax numbers as you reply me urgently,
please kindly reply at my alternative email which is:
martins1_nombette@yahoo.com

Waiting for your urgent reply.

Yours sincerely,

Dr.nombette martins





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