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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: "Adisa Yusuf`" <adisa44yusuf@msn.com>
Reply-To: adisa44yusf@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:26:12 +0000
Subject: Lange's Kin.

DESK OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT,
CITI BANK PLC.
NEW-LAGOS,
LAGOS.
NIGERIA.

REF: LANGE.

DEAR SIR/MA,

I AM ADISA YUSUF,THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT HERE AT CITI BANK PLC.
I WAS ALSO THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTANT TO THE LATE ENGR. MARTIN LANGE ,A CITIZEN
OF YOUR COUNTRY WHO USED TO WORK WITH CHEVRON OIL DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY,NIGERIA.
UNFORTUNATELY,ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST 2004,MY LATE CUSTOMER,HIS WIFE AND THEIR
TWO CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WHICH CLAIMED THIER
LIVES.
EVER SINCE THEN,I HAVE MADE SEVERAL INQUIRIES TO THE EMBASSY IN LOCATING ANY
OF MY LATE CUSTOMER'S EXTENDED RELATIVES BUT THIS PROVED RATHER
UNSUCCESSFUL.

I HAVE THEREFORE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST ME WITH REPARTRATING THE MONEY LEFT
BEHIND BY MY LATE CUSTOMER BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICEABLE
BY THE BANK MANAGEMENT HERE WHERE HIS FUNDS WERE DEPOSITED.
HOWEVER,THE MANAGEMENT HAS ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR
HAVE
THE ACCOUNT REVOKED WITHIN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS.

I DO NOW WISH TO SOLICIT YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN
(TRUE BENEFICIARY) TO THE DECEASED SINCE YOU BOTH SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME.
MY LATE CUSTOMER OPERATED AN ACCOUNT VALUED TO THE TUNE OF $ 8,336,574.26
MILLION(USD).FURTHERMORE,THE PROCEEDS OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO
YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT WHICH WILL AFTER WARDS BE SHARED 50:50.OK.

I WOULD PROCURE FROM THE PERSONAL LAWYER TO THE DECEASED ,ALL NECESSARY
LEGAL
DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO BACK UP ALL CLAIMS WE WOULD MAKE.
ALL I DO REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS
TRANSACTION THROUGH.I DO ALSO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A
LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.

AWAITING YOUR URGENT REPLY.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. ADISA YUSUF

N. B: WENN SIE nicht LESEN KÖNNEN, ODER KANN DEN INHALT VON DIESER E-MAIL
VERSTEHEN,LÄSST BITTE MICH KENNEN IHRE BEVORZUGTE SPRACHE. DANK.


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