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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: elizabeth weah <eddeliz2000@zwallet.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:47:27 -0500
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL



URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL AS NEXT OF KIN)

RE: TRANSFER OF ($18,000.000.USD}

EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS

Dear friend,

With your fast response to my transfer resquest as next of kin,I want to transfer into your bank account ($18,000.000.)Eighteen million United States Dollars. from a Prime Bank here in Togo, I want to ask you, If you are not capable 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 a new dollar a/c or an Euro account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.



My name is Mr. Charles Edema ,The Eastern District Bank Manager of INTERNATIONAL BANK AFRIQUE here in LOME-TOGO(afriquebank) Lome. During the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account however,after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.



The owner of this account is Mr.Smith B. Jack,a foreigner,and the manager of petro-technical support services,a chemical enginer by profession and he died since 1998.No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no

other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the manager GOLD ARK [pty]. Togo.



We will start the first transfer with five million dollars[$5,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining $13,000,000 into your account.

This money can not be approved to a local person , without valid international foreign passport, This money can only be approved to a foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c is a foreigner.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet face to face after the first transfer of $5 Million before transferring the second part of $13 Million. I am revealing this to you with strong belief in God that you will never let me down in this business, 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.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together immediately after the first transfer before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information 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 key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down please.

With my influence and my position in the bank, the bank official can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account that you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.

The bank official Will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.



Be notified therefore,that at the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Thanks

>From

Mr Edema.(esq)







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