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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: albert nimah <albertnimah2004@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:55:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME ACT AS NEXT OF KIN.


From The Desk of MR.ALBERT NIMAH.
STANDARD TRUST INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC

ATTN:SIR,
It is with trust and confidence that I make this urgent proposal to you in view of the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable.

I am the CUSTOMER SERVICE MANANGER,STANDARD TRUST INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC. However, there is an account opened in this bank in 1996 and since 2000, nobody has operated this account again.And after careful investigation, I discovered that the owner of this account was the president of RSAUNAMAKI ENGINEERING COMPANY, a foreigner who died in 2000. The account has no beneficiary at present and investigation has proved that this company does not know anything about the account. The total amount in this account is US$25.5Million (Twenty Five Point Five Million United States Dollars Only).

In light of the above , I therefore solicit your assistance to provide a well maintained account that can accommodate this fund.The managementis ready to welcome anybody preferably a foreigner who has the correct information of the account which I will give you immediately, if you indicate your willingness to handle this project with me.

Now the management of the bank has ordered that all dormant accounts will be frozen. On the strength of this order, I wish to make advantage of this situation and present you as the beneficiary of this fund and get it transferred to your designated account.

Please be informed that all documents relating to this transaction will be destroyed immediately after the transfer,for safety purposes.

SHARING RATIO:I will compensate you with 20% of the total money for your assistance,but this percentage is negotiable.While 5% will be for the expenses that might occur during the course of the transaction.While the remaining 75% will be for me and my colleagues which you will help us to invest in any profitable business in your country.

If you are satisfy with this offer,please kindly reply immediately by the above email address for us to proceed.please include your phone number to enable me speak with you orally for more clarification.Your fax number will also be needed to fax all the documents that are involved in this transaction.

Best regards,

MR. ALBERT NIMAH.





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