joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ahmed oloyede" <ahmed_oloyede@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:29:47 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

FROM: AHMED OLOYEDE,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT,
INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC.
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am AHMED OLOYEDE,I am an Accountant with INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC.
I am the personal Account Manager to a citizen of your country , who used to work with the Shell Petroleum
Development Company in west africa

On October 22 2005 , Engr.MICHAEAL ,hereafter referred to as my
client), his wife, and their three children were involved in the fatal Bellview Airlines Flight 210

crash. All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their lives. Since
then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
client's extended family, but my efforts so far have been
unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,
particularly the INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC, Where the deceased had an
account Valued at about ($8.5 million US Dollars).

The INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account reverted to Bank ownership within the
next twenty official working days, this is in line with Nigeria's
Banking Laws and the Rules governing the Banking and Finance Sectors
which stipulate that if after a period of thirty-six months there is
no claimant or next of kin presented for the funds of a deceased
account holder, ownership of such funds revert to the Bank and the
Federal Government of Nigeria.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for almost
three years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased so that this account valued at ($8.5 million US Dollars) can
be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.

All the necessary documents concerning this claim are with the Bank's
legal department. All I require is your honest cooperation 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.
Please get in touch with me by replying my email as soon as possible,
as I have just twenty working days in which to lodge a claim for the
funds on behalf of my client's next of kin. You could include your
phone number if you prefer oral communication. Thank you for your
anticipated cooperation.

you may wish to check these links for more information

link 1 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellview_Airlines_Flight_210>

link 2 <http://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/US/10/25/tuesday/?section=cnn_latest >

link3 <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-2482.0.html >

link4 <http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=68304>

link5 <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/uk.news.yahoo.com/23102005/ 325/nigeria-plane-crashes-116-board.html>

Best regards,

AHMED OLOYEDE

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam