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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: "Dr. Mark Numan" <marknum01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maman_assoc@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:08:44 +0100
Subject: Re:Howard Jefferson

From: Dr. Mark Numan
Maman & Associates,
22 Norman Williams Avenue,
Victoria Island - Lagos State
Nigeria.
Tel: 234-8036974551
Email: maman_assoc@hotmail.com


Re: Late Mr. Howard Jefferson

I am Dr. Mark Numan the Attorney to Late Mr. Howard Jefferson a Foreign Oil consultant / contractor with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Late Mr. Howard Jefferson (my client) Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 24 calendar months, valued at US$14,500,000.00 (Fourteen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) with the Zenith international Bank, Ikoyi Branch - Lagos State.

Late Mr. Howard Jefferson died in a Marine Accident at the creek of the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria during the execution of his contract with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Upon his death, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin have been fruitless because he did not state any name on the mandate card with the bank.

The money (US$14.5 Million) has been floating as unclaimed funds since 2003 at the Zenith international Bank, Ikoyi Branch. At the expiration of these two years period, the fund is about to be reverted into the Nigerian Government Treasury as unclaimed funds. Consequently, I seek your consent as a foreigner to stand in as the owner of the next of kin / Beneficiary of the funds / estate.

All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out, because I have secured the order of mandamus from the probate registry to locate any of the next of kin to the deceased and process the legal documents for the immediate transfer of the funds to the beneficiary. For your participation in the transaction, you shall be rewarded with 25% of the funds when it has been successfully transferred into your bank account. After the confirmation of the funds in your bank account, I will travel to meet you in your country to collect the balance of the funds and invest it in your country.

Please, appreciate the fact that doing business over the internet is a risk and endeavor to send your full names, address, and telephone in your reply via my private email: maman_assoc@hotmail.com. You should also call me on my above stated telephone number to discuss the details of the transaction in full. I assure you that the transaction is legitimate and the entire process of transferring the funds into your bank account shall be done legally. By this no authority can question it and the entire process will not exceed about 14 working days" all things being equal". God bless you.


Regards,
Mark Numan


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