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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: "Good Shepheredchamber" <shepheredchambers@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uditah.david440@sify.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:16:30 -0800
Subject: Re:Business relation

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you, l is David Uditah personal attorney to late ( Rtd ) MSS, PSE, Col
Abide Luke Apreiz.. He is the former MA to Chief of Nigeria defense staff.
The former ADC to former head of state and EC-IN-C for defense adviser
Harare, and so on. Who died on 28may 2005 on a ghastly road traffic accident
along Ilesha (lloko) Ife road, with his family living no one behind. His
lovely wife Mrs. Esther A.L.Apreiz, with two sons’ and a daughter.

More reason why l have contacted you is because my late client died with his
entire house hold and l can not issue application of claim without you as
his foreign business associate and partner. As l do not what this fund to be
confiscated by Government of my country

His investments: - A fund release officer from Nigeria government 1991-2001,
partner with transworld Security, Major share holder in Ecobank, UBA bank,
Ocean bank, First Atlantic Financial House, partner with Oil and
petrol-chemical company as he has a huge sum of money under my trust with
ALL STAANDARD SECURITY under the umbrallar of Standard Bank PLC where this
fund are kept of safety which what of $6.9million under the of secrity name
GARUBA HASSAN.

I hereby make you the next of his KINS and more also as his foreign business
partner/business associates to this fund. Do know that l want to invest this
fund into your hands as you are to have a share of $2,500.000.00 as an
account owner in which this fund are to be transferred into and 5%for any
expense that you are going to incurs in cost of this fund transfer, why you
are to hold on the remaining $4,400,000.00 will be for me till my arrival to
meet with you, after the successfulk transfer of the fund to you.

If this proposal satisfies you to get started with send me your contact
address fax, cell telephone numbers, as all modalities has be worked out and
once started it will take 14 working days with the absolute support of all
concern treat as urgent and very confidential God be with you as l look
forward to your reply

Thanks,
David Uditah (Esq)
Good Shepherd Chamber.


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