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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: williams bany <william_b_11@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:30:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MR.WILLIAMS BANY !!!! !!!!!


MR.WILLIAMS BANY
ADRESS: 14 RUE MARCORY,12 ABIDJAN
COTE D' IVOIRE
EMAIL=(williams_bany_1@yahoo.fr)

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

WITH WARM HEARTS I OFFER MY FRIENDSHIP AND MY GREETINGS. AND I DO HOPE THIS LETTER MEETS YOU IN GOOD TIME.

MY NAME IS MR.WILLIAMS BANY,. I WORK WITH THE BANK INTERNATIONAL FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN COTE D'IVOIRE AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR HERE IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE. IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTY, I STUMBLED ON THIS DOMICILIARY ACCOUNT THAT HAS REMAINED DORMANT
FOR FOUR YEARS NOW WITH FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($5.2m) IN IT. I CONTACTED MY SENIOR DIRECTOR AND FOR TWO YEARS WE HAVE MADE DESCREET ENQUIRIES THRUOGH ALL LEGAL MEANS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT, LEAVING NO CLOSE RELATIVE BEHIND.

I AM WRITING TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO REMIT OR TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS WE LEGALY PREPARE YOU HERE AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN RELATION TO THE LATE DEPOSITOR OF THE MONEY, FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFITS. IT IS A SIMPLE PROCESS WHICH WILL TAKE A SHORT WHILE TO CONCLUDE. OUTSIDE THIS, THE BANK MANAGEMENT WILL CONFISCATE THE MONEY.
IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER FROM ME SINCE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME PERSONALLY. IN THIS CASE, TENDER MY APPOLOGIES IF THIS OFFER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU.

IF I HEAR FROM YOU,I WILL THEN TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO DO FOR US TO REALISE THE OBJECTIVE OF TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE. I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU REPLY TO MY MORE PRIVATE IN THIS MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS =(williams_bany_1@yahoo.fr)

BEST REGARDS,

MR.WILLIAMS BANY








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