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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: ben uzamah <buzamah@unofree.it>
Reply-To: buzamah2@sunumail.sn
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:20:10 +0200
Subject: Please Reach Me


Dear Friend,
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of a Director in the Department
of Transport in South Africa.Considering his very strategic and
influential position, he wants the transaction to be strictly
confidential as much as possible.
He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for
now, until the completion of transaction. Hence our desire to have
an overseas agent. I have therefore been directed to inquire if you
would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this
transaction.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which we intend to carry
out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded
account at the South Africa Reserve Bank and we need your assistance
to transfer the funds to your country with your assistance,in a
convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can
put the funds into use in your country. For this, you shall be
considered to have executed a contract for the Department of
Transport for which payment should be effected to you by Ministry,
The contract sum of which shall run into US$15.5Million (Fifteen
Million, Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) of which your
share shall be 10% if you agree to be our overseas agent.
As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transfered into your account, we intend to use our own
share in acquiring some estates and setting up trust accounts abroad.
For this too you shall also serve as our agent. In the light of the
above, I would like you to forward to me the following
information's:
1. Your company name and address if any.
2. Your personal fax number.
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.
You are requested to communicate your accpetance of this proposal
through the following email address buzamah2@sunumail.sn , After
which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this
transaction through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Uzamah




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