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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: "FINANCE TRUST BANK" <financetrustbank@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:40:42 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend pls. reply asap

Dr.Frank Chuks(PHD,)
FINANCE AND TRUST BANK
RUE CLUB DE L' AMITIE,
0251 B.P. 1625 COTONOU,
BENIN REPUBLIQUE.
Office EMAIL ;frankchuks1998@yahoo.com

My Dear Friend,
In Oder to transfer to overseas $28.5 million(USD)from GRAND FINANCE AND
TRUST BANK,Bénin Republique.I want to ask you to quietly look for a
reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an
existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive
this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this funds quitely.

I am Dr.Frank Chuks(PHD), the accountant/auditor of the above Finance
Corporation in Cotonou,Bénin Republique and personal confidant to Mr.Alvaro
Quesada of Dominican Republic in Caribbean Island who ied in a Plane Crash
accident(2002-04-19) on his way to attend a weddind ceremony together with
his wife and only Child (Alvaro Jr). Mr.Alvaro Quesada, is From Dominican
Republic in Caribbean Island,and a prosperous Tobacco merchant, he died in
the year 2002 without having any beneficiary to his assets including his
account here in Bénin which he opened in the above stated bank in the year
2001 as his personal savings for the purpose of expansion and developement
of his company in Africa before his untimely death in 2001.Until his
death,he was the president of the Dominican Tobacco Exporters Association.

And from my Investigation,i found out that No other person knows about
this account because he( Mr.Alvaro Quesada )never knew that he is going to
die so soon, and so his purpose was not achieved. If i don't remit this
money immediately, it will get lost(may be it will go into the pockets of
the corrupt government officials who will never use it for any reasonable
thing at all). I dont want to miss this opportunity because it comes ones
in a life time.
The amount involved is $28.5 million(USD)Twenty eight million,five
hundred United States Dollars and no other person knows about this account.
I am contacting you for us to transfer this funds to your account as the
beneficiary, I want to first transfer $16,000.000.00(Sixteen million USD)
from this money into a safe account abroad, after which we will transfer
the remaining (12.5M). I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money cannot be approved to a local person here, without a valid
foreign international passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c, this
is because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c,
Alvaro Quesada is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.

However, I am revealing this to you with belief in God that you will
never let me down in this business.I don't know you and have never seen you
before,i only got your contacts from an international directory hich my
secretary for me. You are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take. Send also your private telephone and fax number.

I need your full co-operation to make this work because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
informationm of this account,which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business. I want to tell you that this ransaction is 100% risk free and
legal because all the documents that will back up this transaction will be
available, so that no body will question the fund when it is finaly
tranfered to your account.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total
amount and 60% will be for me. I look forward to your earliest reply through
this email or my office Email. You Can Call Me On This
Number:+229-1894-332

Thanks for your time.

Your's faithfully,
Dr.Frank Chuks(PHD,)



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