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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: "jawaid sea" <jawaidsea@msn.com>
Reply-To: jawaid_sea@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:04:01 +0000
Subject: From Mr,Jawaid Sea

>From Mr,Jawaid Sea
Head; Treasury/ Credit Unit
BOND BANK.
Tell 234-803-4779975

Dear Sir/Madam.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the internet.Though, this medium
(Internet)has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication.
However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all
what you may think of.

I am Mr . Jawaid Sea , Head,Treasury/ Credit Unit BOND BANK.
I am contacting you based on Trust and onfidentiality that will be attached
to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (BOND
BANK) in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR. KURT KAHLE,
who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared
dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to Nigeria Banking and financial law. He died On the 31th of July
2000, our client, his wife and their Children died in the Air France concord
plane crash bound for New York United State of America,the bank is still
unrelenting in it's bid to contact any of the relatives to claim this
money, you can confirm it yourself via the website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm He is an account holder
in my branch, he owns a dollar account with the sum of US$15.M (Fifteen
Million United States Dollars Only) deposited in a numbered account.
Infact, it happened that since his death, the next of kin of the dollar
account holder(the brother) or whom ever that is related to him has not show
up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I want
you to come in.
I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the
contact of the attorney, you will have to write to, him Telling him you
are a relation to the deceased and that you have found out that MR. KURT
KAHLE,has account with BOND BANK which you wants to lay claims through his
legal authority.
He is going to be happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the
vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly
how we should handle it.Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home
Address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as
soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this
transaction.
We will use our position to get all internal documentations to back up the
claims, the whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully Without trace even in future.
After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money
60-40.

Yours truly,

Mr. Jawaid Sea
TEL:234-1-4719648
Alternative E-mail:jawaid_sea@yahoo.com


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