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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: "boxx boxx" <boxx_123@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Kussuma_Baptista@terramail.com.sv
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:38:07 +0000
Subject: Attn,A Family in Dare Need of Your Assistance!

Kussuma_Baptista@terramail.com.sv
Coventry Refugee camp
Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV6 5DS
England
Tel:+447821157007

Attn,A Family in Dare Need of Your Assistance.

I know you will be surprised to receive this letter from me, but please this
letter is a request from a family in dare need of assistance. I Kussuma
Baptista from Angola the first, and only son of Brigadier Baptista Savimb
communicating to you from , Coventry Refugee Centre England I got your name
and address from a business desk in chamber of commerce and industry in
England. And I on behalf of my widowed mother Mrs.Aminat Baptista, decided
to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$35.2million!
(Thirty five million, two hundred thousand United States dollars only)
inherited from my late father into your personal or company's account.

Before his death he was a brigadier in charger of arms and ammunition
procurement of the Angolan Army.
In his 'will' he specifically drew my attention toUS$35.2 million(Thirty
five million, two hundred thousand United States dollars only) which he
deposited in a box for private security company in England

ACT QUOTE! My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to US$35.2
million!(Thirty five million, two hundred thousand United States dollars
only). I deposited the box containing the fund in a security company in
England as valuables.

During the war I was very dedicated and committed to winning the war against
the rebel unit. I found out that the senior army officers and government
functionaries were busy helping themselves with government fund and
properties sending them to foreign countries. Due to this, when I and the
former special adviser to the president were assigned by the president (
Eduardo Santos)to purchase arms in RUSSIA, we saw this as a golden
opportunity and diverted the money and shared it, of which I got a total sum
of S$35.2 million(Thirty five million, two hundred thousand United States
dollars only).In case of my absence and on earth as a result of death, only
you should solicit for the assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign
partner to assist you transfer this money out of England for investment
purpose.

I deposited the box in your name and you can claim it alone with deposit
code. Your mother is with all the documents. Take good care of mother and
your two sisters. Do not disappoint me! Bye!

>From this word of my late father, you will understand that lives and future
of my family depend on this fund as such. I will be grateful if you can
assist us. We are now living in Coventry refugee camp as political asylum
seekers; financial laws and regulation
of England do not permit us certain financial right.

In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in England hence; I am seeking
your assistance to transfer this fund out of England for invest purposes.
For your effort, we are prepared to offer you 25% of the total fund while
10% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during this transaction.

Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and the major demand
from you is to assure me the safety of this money when it finally gets to
you. Further information and arrangement will commence as soon as trust,
confidence and good relationship is established. I shall be most grateful if
you maintain the confidentiality of this matter. To avoid public awareness
for too many hands spoils the Soup.

Note. You are expected to come over here in England so that we can get
things finalized and then i will accompany you to the Security company where
the fund is deposited for you to sign the authority letter in the office of
the security company then the director of the company will handover the
consignment to you.

I want to inform you that the security company where my late father kept
this consignment doesn't know the real content in the consignment so I will
not like them to know anything about it, what i really want from you is to
stand as my foreign partner and claim the consignment on behalf of my
family.

As soon as we claim this consignment, We will open the box and begin to
transfer the money bit by bit in any reputable bank here in England and this
shall be under your Supervision, after which you can authorize the bank here
in England to transfer the total money into your personal or companies
account in any part of the world you may deem fit.

We are going to write an agreement for both party as soon as we meet in
England to agree on the term and condition we are going to follow for the
actualization of this transaction.

Please, confirm your interest immediately by sending me your private
telephone and fax number for communication.

Best regards,

Kussuma Baptista


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