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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: stanly ibru <stanly_ibru02@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:54:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FOR YOUR PERSONAL ATTENTION::::::::::::::::::::::



FOR THE PERSONAL ATTENTION ,
Sir,


My name is Stanlt Ibru a lawyer here in Cotonou, Rep du Benin. I was the Personal Attorney to Mr Peter Morgan who lived in Cotonou, Republic du Benin for twenty eight years till his untimely death. He was an international buisness man who died along with some of his immediate family on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian air line. You can check the web site below to verify.

(Egypt-air-990)crash. cnn.http:(//www.cnn.com/2002/us/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/index.html)OR(www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200111/iangewiesche <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200111/iangewiesche>).

Since none of his family has come forward to claim his funds or his estate.I am contacting you to secure your assistance in claiming his estate in Cotonou, Rep du Benin which includes sums of monies left behind by him (the late Mr. Morgan) so as to forestall confiscation and possible declairation of his account as non serviceable. The amount involved is 2.8million US Dollars and a notice to provide the next of kin or have the fund declared abandoned has been issued but with little ease and change of documentation I can present you as the next of kin of this funds so that the lodgements in his account valued at USD 2.8million can be transferred to you as a legitimate inheritance.

As soon as you are consonance we can agree on an equitable sharing formula that would be agreeable to both of us.
Please get in touch with me as soon as possible to enable us discuss more elaborately.
Yours Sincerely,
Stanley Dasilva Esq.






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