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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: =?us-ascii?Q?Bernard=20Mablevi?= <BMablevi@seznam.cz>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:55:30 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Waiting=20to=20hear=20from=20you=2E=2E?=

Bernard Mablevi & Co.Chambers
(Attorney At Law/Counselor)
Advocates of the High Court
21 Coulaby, Bp 763 Cotonou
Republic Du Benin.


My dear,

Compliments, I Barrister Bernard Mablevi has decided to bestow this trust on you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I appologise in advance for any inconviniences this may cause you. I am Barrister Bernard Mablevi, the Personal Attorney to late Mr Howard Smith, who was a contractor here in Benin Republic and who on the 3rd of Oct 2002, with his entire family perished in an Auto-Crash along Midombo Togo express way.

As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit account valued at (USD$7.4M )with a Bank here in Benin Rep, and upon the duration time of their agreement, his bank started contacting him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account confiscated after four
years, as it is in the law of this country.

Since then, I have made several contacts to his Country's Embassy in order to locate any of my client's extended relatives, which had also been unsuccessful. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since none of his relatives were able to be found so the proceeds of this account valued at $7.4M could be transfered into your account, thereafter we will both share it in the percentage according to our contributions to boost the success of this great transaction.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim we will make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make this great and benefiting transaction successfully.

I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me as soon as possible to enable us discuss further the progress of this business.

With best regards,
Hon:Bernard Mablevi Esq,
Senior advocate of Benin(SAB)
Alternative Email: bbmablevi@yahoo.fr



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