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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: "Anderson Gibson" <andersongibson@citii-bank.net>
Reply-To: andersongibson2005@myway.com
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:02:22 +0000
Subject: Business Partner

The Bank Manager
CITI BANK
332 Oxford Street, London
W1N 9AA.
Tel:44-7031947482
fax:448717200287



I am Anderson Gibson the Bank Manager of CITIBANK 332 Oxford Street,
London W1N 9AA.Tel:44-7031947482 fax:448717200287

I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6,
1997, an Iraqi Foreign Oilconsultant/contractor with the BRITISH PETROLUEM
CORPORATION MR. HAFFEZ AL SADIQUE. Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for
36 calendar months, valued at US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five
hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity in 2000,I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.



After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contractemployers, the British petroleum corporation that Mr. HAFFEZ AL
SADIQUE died as a result of torture in the hand of Sadam Hussein during one
of his trips to his country Iraq. On further investigation, I found out that
he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR
HAFFEZ AL SADIQUE. Did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.



This sum of US$29,500,000.00 has been floating as unclaimed since 2000 in my
bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.

According to the British law at the expiration of 8 (eight) years,the money
will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund and the eight years is the end of December 2005.



Consequently, my proposal is that I want to seek your consent as a foreigner
to stand in as the owner of the money as the next of kin to the deceased so
that the bank will transfer the money to your designated account.



All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out. I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate
any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I

are assuring you that the business is risk free involvement. Your share
stays while the rest be for me and for investment purpose, as I will leave
London by the end of the year.


The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement within you and
me. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the
necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to

suit both parties without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by
you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

ENDEAVOUR TO SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER IN YOUR
REPLY TO andersongibson2005@myway.com

Best Regards

Mr. Anderson Gibson


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