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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: "Richard Lloyd" <lottouk01@msn.com>
Reply-To: marabacha@inmail24.com
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:50:32 +0000
Subject: Inquiry From Haija Mariam Abacha

Dear  Friend,

I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigerian Head
of State
who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services.
Following the
sudden death of my husband, General Sani Abacha, the present
Civilian
Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter
confusion,frustration, and hopelessness.

My son have been subjected to inhuman physical and
physiological
torture,incarceration by the security agents in my country.
He was only
recently released from detention after been arraigned before
the Federal
High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my late
husband. The
incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
has
intensified his probe into my late husband's activities
while in the office and
he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts
togetherwith other
assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late
husband did to him
when he was alive as the Head of the Military regime in
Nigeria.

As a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they
are not
relenting to make us poor for life. As a widow that is so
traumatized, I
have lost confidence with anybody within my country as all
those who
benefited immensely during the regime of my late husband
have openly
abandoned all my family.

You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet
on the
recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late
husband in
different Banks and security firms abroad.

check the following,
http://www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
Some of these banks and security firms willingly
gave-up/divulge their
banking secrets and disclosed to the present civilian
administration of
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my family?s cash lodgement and
monetary
transactions with them. Please my dear, I repose great
confidence in you
and I hope you will not betray my confidence in you. I have
secretly
deposited the sum of $14,500,000.00 with a security firm
abroad whose
name is withheld for now until we open communications. The
money is
contained in consignment with Security Deposit code. I shall
be grateful if
you could receive this fund into your Bank account for safe
keeping.

This arrangement is known to you and my attorney only whom
you will
deal directly with. I am proposing a 20% share of the fund
to you for your
kind assistance.
My attorney shall provide for you the documents of the fund
deposit
with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney to
enable you
claim and receive this fund into your bank account. Also
this transaction
demands absolute confidentiality. On no condition must you
disclose it
to anybody irrespective of your relation with the person.

Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I am looking forward to your
urgent and
positive response via my confidential email
(marabacha@inmail24.com).so that i can forward my attorney
details to you for further correspondence.

Best Regards

Hajia Mariam Abacha.

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