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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: "stephen eloho" <steveleho3@msn.com>
Reply-To: stepheloho2@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:39:17 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

From The Desk of Mr. Stephen Eloho
Auditing and Accounting Unit.
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
36 MARINA, LAGOS, NIGERIA
{stepheloho2@yahoo.com.hk}
GOOD, DAY,
Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course itis my
humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make thisproject request
for a joint business transaction which I hope will notcome to you as a
surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.
I am Mr. Stephen Eloho, the Auditing and Accounting Unit, ForeignOperations
Department Union Bank Of Nig, PLC. I have an urgent andconfidential business
proposal for you. On June 6 1999,Engr.Steve Moore made a numbered time
(fixed)deposit for twelve calendar month valued atUS$15.500.000.00(Fifteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars inmy branch.
On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwardedaddress but got
no reply after months we sent a reminder and finallywe discovered from his
contract employee (Nigeria national petroleumCorporation) that Late
Engr.Steve Moore died from an automobileAccident. On further investigation
it was clear that he died without Making a will. All attempts by the
Australian to trace his next of kinwere fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Late Engr.Steve
Moore did not declare any next of kin or relations in allhis official
documents including his deposit document in my bank.
The total sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant acct. No
one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking law,
after five years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government. If the account owner is certified death and nobody comes forward
to claim it.This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am looking for
aForeigner who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is Simple.
All you have to do is to immediately send me the details of aBank account
anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money Transfer document.
The money will then be transferred into the account for us to share in the
ratio of 60% for me 30% for you while the Remaining 10% will be set aside
for expenses incurred within here and There. There is no risk involved. I am
using my position and connection in the bank here to do all the document
work for the transaction.
We shall employ the services of an attorney to obtain all necessary
documents and letter of administration in your favor for the transfer.
This transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please
reply immediately confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction
could be most profitable for both of us. Please do not expose this deal if
you are not interested because if you do, it will take me out of seat.
I await your urgent reply, please feel free to reply me to my private email
address above for more details.
Regards,
Mr. Stephen Eloho



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