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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: barr_franksmith@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:42:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Strictly=20Confidential/Urgent?=

Greetings,

My name is Barrister Frank Smith, a lawyer and a confidant to the Late Democratic
Republic Of Congo President; LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated. I am
sure you must be aware that his son, Joseph Kabila was sworn in as president.
This news which was reported by most international media including CNN
as you can see herein:

<http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/01/26/congo.kabila/>

<http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/01/16/congo.coup.04/>

I am passionately contacting you based on the need for a trusted and honest
person, who I can entrust with the sum of $12,800,000 (Twelve million, eight
hundred thousand Dollars).


The late president secured this money in a security firm, in his name before
his death. Now that he is late, I have, in my capacity as his lawyer, applied
to the security firm to transfer the money to his next of kin.

The security firm now wants me to furnish them with the particulars of the
next of kin so that they will make the payment through their correspondent
bank. I cannot stand as the next of kin. I want you to. If you accept this
offer, we shall share the money as follows: 25% for you, and 75% for me.

Be assured that this is risk-free and legitimate. Please advise me on your
position immediately and take note that I want this kept very confidential
as I do not want anyone to know about the funds.

As an experienced lawyer, I will undertake the legal procedure for the transfer
of the money to you. I will give you my phone number for easier contact.
I will request that you send your full particulars also.

Regards.

Barrister Frank Smith






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