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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: "patrick ude" <patrickude116@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: patrickude18@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:28:58 -0700
Subject: HELLO

Bond Bank,
3 Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island Branch,
Lagos, Nigeria.

ATTN: MD/CEO

I am patrick ude , Branch Manager with Bond
Bank, 3 Akin Adesola Street Victoria Island
Branch,Lagos, Nigeria.I have an urgent and very
profitable business proposition for you that should be
handled withextreme confidentiality.On January 6,1998
a Foreign Oil Consultant and contractor with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr.
James Herbert by name made a numbered time Fixed
Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$25.6M
(Twenty five Million, Six Hundred United States
Dollars Only) in my branch.Upon maturity I sent a
routine notification in accordance with the Bank
policy to his forwarding address but got no
reply.After a month we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that Mr. James
Herbert died from an automobile accident.On further
nvestigation, we found out that he died without making
a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigations and
discovered that Mr. James Herbert did not declare any
next of kin or relations in all his official documents
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of US$25.6M has been carefully moved out of
my bank to a Security Company in Europe for safe
keeping.No one will ever come forward to claim it and
according to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5
years the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.This prompted us to contact you.We will like to
front you as the next of kin of our late client
thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of
$25.6 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a
Security Company in Europe.I contacted you because it
is against our code of ethics to own and operate
foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed
to claim the money in the Security Company in
Europe.We have unanimously agreed that 25% of the
entire sum would be for you if you agree to take part
in this profitable transaction,70% for me and 2 of my
colleagues while the remaining 5% would be used to pay
back the expenses that may be incurred during the
course of the transaction by both parties after the
fund has been claimed and lodged in your account.In
the event that you are genuinely interested in the
transaction,the following information would be needed
from you to expedite action.

1) Your Full Name and Address that would be used to
establish you as the next of kin of our late client
thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the
fund.This would ensure that the Security Company in
Europe releases the Consignment/Fund to you.

2) Your Private Mobile,Telphone and Fax numbers where
you can be reached at all time because this
transaction entails constant communication.

The transaction is 100% risk free as all modalities
has been perfected to ensure the hitch free success of
the transaction.If you are interested, soend the
requested information via email

await your response urgently.

Regards,
patrick ude

N:B
Please note that the nature of your job/business does not matter and you
will be better informed when I hear from you.


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