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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: "OHA ASSOCIATES EQUITY" <customersinfo@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:57:34 +0000
Subject: PARTAKE IN THIS GLORY

Sir,


It is obvious that this request will come to you as a surprise. This is
because we have not met before but I am inspired to sending you this
email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit
to both of us.My initial impetus to writing you is not just to enrich myself
because at the age of 68yrs I and my family of five children (all grown up)
we have enough to eat but my main aim is to douse the seemingly greedy
cleverness of Banks and their usual way of converting peoples money to their
every year profit and I therefore invite you to partner with me.

My name is Jonathson Clems Oha, a Barrister & Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am a (SAN) Senior
Advocate of Nigeria and by the special grace of God the Principal Partner of
OHA & Associates (a Lawyers' chamber).

Until his death, I have been the personal Attorney to one Engr. EVANS
CLIFFORD a nationale of your country and a very rich consultant to Shell
Petroleum Development Company (SPDCN) Nigeria. The unfortunate death of this
Engr. and his entire family occurred while they were returning from a
holiday Picnic in a horrible auto-crash which claimed his life, his wife and
their two teenagers in the year 2003. Since this family's death, I have
tried without success to locate any of their family relatives because in
their records available to us, his son of his same address is his NEXT OF
KIN.

As required by the law of this land, his Banker has passed the
responsibility of locating this man's NEXT OF KIN to me as his Personal
Attorney and in respect of Forty Two Million United State Dollars
(US$42,000,000.00) discovered in his account with this Bank.

I have really been reluctant and very slow at sending this letter to
you, but this Bank has given this Chambers the last NOTICE to file-up
claims for this money or the Bank will declare this money
'unclaimable fund' and revert it into the Bank's Treasury.

It is in this regard that I am contacting you to partner with me to secure
this fund into any foreign account nominated by you because I will NOT like
this bank to revert this fund into their treasury come their next financial
year.

I need your cooperation in this deal because I cannot claim this money
without a foreign collaborator like you hence I am asking for your hand
in this deal. Consider this deal successful and completed because as a
lawyer I will provide all the necessary legal documents required to protect
you and us from any breach of law in this deal.

On successful transfer of this fund, you will retain 30% of this fund
as compensation for your efforts while you will be fully (100%)
refunded of every expenses you will likely run into in the course of trying
to achieve this goal.

My findings from the bank revealed that it will take about 10 working days
to actualise or complete this deal. You are required to send to me via a
return email the following information:
Your telephone, fax numbers, your age,your full contact address, country of
origin, email address if different from the one above,your Banker's
name,address, telephone,and fax nos.


I expect to hearing from you soonest via a return email
(clemsoha@yahoo.ca) my alternative email.

Thanks.


BRR. CLEMS OHA
OHA & ASSOCIATES
4, OROFIN STREET
MAZA-MAZA
LAGOS - NIGERIA


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