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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: kentdos@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 02:05:04 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Treat=20as=20urgent=2E?=


Dear Sir,

I am an Accountant STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC(STB) Emeka Chukwu a Banker, I
am the personal Account Manager to Engineer A.Carlock, a National of your
country, who used to work with Summit Oil company in Nigeria.Here in after
shall be refered to as my client On April 21, 1999, my client, his wife,
and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu express
way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
the Internet, to locate any membe r of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they Get STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC. Where the deceased
had an account Valued at about ($10 Million USDollars) has Issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin. Or have the account confiscated within the next
ten 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 next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued
at ($10 Million U S Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can
share the money.60% to me and 40% to you. An attorney will be contracted
to help us revalidated and notarize all the 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 any breach of the law.

You can contact me on my private email address: emeka_ng01@yahoo.co.uk

Best Regards,

Emeka Chukwu.




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