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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: "james ekene" <james_adb@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:15:27 +0100
Subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Nigeria Plc.
Av. Jean queens Road II
Victorai Island,
01 AV 23401-Nigeria.



I am Mr. James Ekene the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
section
of African Development Bank (ADB), and also a special account officer
of Mr.
Peter Mann Andreas , a Lebanese. He was a Seasoned Contractor with
Nigeria
Cement Company in Republic of Nigeria , who died in the plane crash of
Bellview Air Crash Flight Boeing 737- Flight 210 in Nigeria, republic
on the
23rd of october 2005
Before his death, Mr.Peter Mann had a fixed deposit account with the
bank in
europe and no other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to
me
that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash. Since
then I
have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives,but to no avail.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by the deceased before
they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.
Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for
over one week now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin of
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$95,000,000.00
(Ninety five million United States Dollars)can be paid to you for us to
share the money. 60% for me and 40% for you.
I have all the necessary legal documents to back up any claim we may
make.
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 law.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following
information to me:
1. Complete names
2. Direct telephone number
3. Direct fax number
4. Private email.
Please reply to my personal email address(j_ekene_adb@yahoo.com)

WAITING FOR URGENT REPONSE.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. James Ekene.


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