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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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Some comments about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: paul aser <paul_aser_nkuna@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: paulasernkuna@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:58:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM PAUL


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: paul_aser_nkuna@yahoo.com

#123CB/PBV,MAIN CITY, JO,BURG,

SOUTH AFRICA.


{TRANSFER OF US$58,559,000. 00}


Hello


Compliment of the day. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important transfer business. I choose to reach you through email because it still remains one of the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence is private and it should be treated as such.


My Name is Mr. PAUL ASER ,board of director in account management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime bank here in South Africa.

There is a domiciliary account with a Balance Of US$58,559,000. 00 (Fifty eight million five hundred and fifty nine thousand U.S dollar).owned by one of our customer who died with his family in a motor accident.I was his personal account officer before his death.

Yes he died with his family on a fatal motor accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this account. I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is my partner and he is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner .


I am certainly sure that he has no writen or oral WILL attached to the account, no beneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim of this money. As the personal account officer of the deceased,I have been mandated to provide any of his relative to claim this fund, therefore I need your cooperation to claim the fund.All document to back you as a relation to the deceased I will give you when needed.


The difference in country of origins is not a hindrance to the success of this transaction.This money will be frozen by the government for their selfish act if nobody lay claim to the fund.I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to provide your safe bank account information for the transfer. All arrangement that will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which you are to nominate is already in place.You should also provide me with your direct phone lines for easy communication.

I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.


At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 30% of the total transfer sum, 65% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any expenses both parties might incure during the process of the transfer. The fund will be transferred to your account in two parts.


I will first transfer USD 28 Million to your account. I will fly over to meet you after the successful transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. I will have the remaining balance of USD30,559 Million transferred to your account only after the successful sharing of the first transfer without any disappointment from your side.

At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.


Details of the transfer business both my information and the deceased information I will send to you once I hear from you.


Best Regards,

Mr. Paul Aser.




- paul aser


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