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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: "Anthony Adindu" <tonyadindu001@msn.com>
Reply-To: tonyadindu002@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:52:35 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend - Kindly Help Out Here!

FROM THE DESK OF DR. ANTHONY ADINDU
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FORTUNE BANK NIGERIA PLC
13 AJOSE STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS NIGERIA.

Dear Friend,

Considering the fact that we have not met before, this email is of good
motive and may come to you as a surprise. I decided to contact you for the
reason below believing that you will be able to workout this deal for the
interest of both of us based on what we have in the file here.

I am Dr. Anthony Adindu, the Director in Charge of Auditing and Accounting
Section of Fortune Bank Nigeria Plc West Africa. With due respect, I have
decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us. During our annual auditing in this bank, my
department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased
person who died on 21 april 2001 in an auto crash and the fund has been
dormant in his account with this Bank without anyone to claim it either from
his family. After this discovery, I kept this information secret within
myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and
successful during the time of execution.

The said amount is USD15M (Fifteen Million United States Dollars). Since
then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of the
deceased extended relatives this has proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact a foreigner
who will act as the next of kin to the deceased instead of the money going
into the Federal Government coffers. I have contacted you to assist in
repartrating the money and property left behind by the deceased before they
get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged. Fortune Bank Nigeria Plc to be precise where the
deceased had an account valued at 15 Million United States Dollars has
issued a notice for the next of kin to surface or have the account
confiscated within the next Ten Working Days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 3 years, I
now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
hence we can claim this fund for our own benefit so that the proceeds of
this account valued at 15 Million Dollars can be paid to you and we can
share the money at an agreed rate. I have all necessary information that can
be used to back you up for the claim.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Laws of both
countries. You have to furnish me with the following information in
response to this email:

Your full name, address, age, occupation, private telephone and fax numbers.
As soon as I receive this information I will direct you on the next line
of action.

Best Regards,

DR. ANTHONY ADINDU.


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