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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: "DAVID ALVAN" <david_alvan001@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:17:52 +0000
Subject: ENQUIRY!!

Mr.David Alvan
Member/Board Of Directors,
Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC
7 Baker Street
London, W1U 8EG
England.
Private E-mail: david_alvan01@katamail.com
Alternative Email:david.alvan@gmail.com

Hello,

SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 10.1 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.

Compliments of the day. My mail may seem a little suprising for a
person that you do not know too well, but the inspiration to contact
you is simply of divine providence.I have contacted you because
i seek your partnership and understanding to realize this
project which i am about to explain with you.
My name is Mr. David Alvan,and I'm working with a Bank in Ahli United
Bank (UK) PLC.

I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the
next of kin/will beneficiary to Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht,
a foreign contractor from Cologne, Germany
who died on a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her
husband Rudi Fassnacht.

Her husband and their two children also perished in the air France
Concorde New York bound flight; please click here for verification.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Before her death she was a contractor to British National Petroleum
Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of
(10.1 million pounds sterling GB) which will be paid to you as her next
of kin/will beneficiary. For your information,I am the Head of
Investigation Department with Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC London.

The board of directors of Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC which I am also a
member, mandated me to look for any known relation of Mrs.Sigrid
Fassnacht, since after her death. However, all my efforts traces proved
abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your
co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to
injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure
this deposit and invest it,based on that I have NO other
alternative but to contact you to assist me in making this
transaction a reality.

My proposal is to package and present you as next of kin to the
deceased client and process the fixed deposit for transfer custody to
you for our mutual beneficiary.
The transaction will be executed under normal legitimate arrangements,
as I will use my position in the Bank to secure
approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

This is my field and i have done a perfect home-work to ensure that we
have a perfect transaction, so that you and I can benefit from this
'FREE MONEY'since it now belongs to nobody. Moreover, it is pertinent
to note that it is not risk and does not require much
engagement from your side since i will be taking care of the
transaction in full capacity as an insider.

We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to
charity and the tsunami victims, if you are really
interested in this offer you should contact me through this
email address: david_alvan01@katamail.com OR david.alvan@gmail.com
For detail of this transaction and procedures, pls do forward me your
full name, address, phone number, your company name or occupation these
info are vital to the success of this transaction.

I will be waiting to hear from you, but Please NOTE that it is very
important, we keep all facts and details of this transaction to
ourselves alone,considering my position in the bank.
I will be giving you more details when i finally come
to see that we both can build up a good
level of trust amongst ourselves.I will be waiting to hear from
you as soon as time is of the essense.
Note: This transaction is 100% risk free. On your acceptance to fully
co-operate with me. I await your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.David Alvan.
Member/Board Of Directors
Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC.



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