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

Fraud email example:

From: "Dan" <danmbalula1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:41:33
Subject: Project Up Date


CONFIDENTIAL MUTUAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Good day,

May I use this opportunity to introduce myself to you as Mr. Dan Mbalula, the Director General Presidency of the youth league of the South Africa ruling party (ANC).I am contacting you with the hope that we will establish a cordial business relationship that will be beneficial to both parties. Though this idea sound very strange to me to assist me achieve my aim since I want this transaction to be very secret.

I know that I am taking great risk by doing this business with someone whom I have had no previous relationship with but my mind is highly convinced that you will not betray me at the successfully end of this business because I have made a lot of consultations with my family spiritualist who gave me the assurance to proceed with the arrangement. All demand from you is your dedicated honesty and sincerity of purpose to enable me confide in you the required trust necessary for the success of this transaction. I am doing this transaction with you because of my political ambition to contest in the next election here; therefore, I will like this transaction to be held in high secrecy. I have to assure you here that this transaction is 100% without risk.

As the Director General in the Presidency ANC youth wing, I was made the chairperson of the board in change of Apartheid Fund Repatriation Commission. In the course of my duty, I along with the Board secretary, we tactical corner a total of US$72Million from the funds we recovered before auditing our reports to the government. The government has accepted our reports and gazettes it.

This fund is currently in a private vault were we secured it for security proposes because as a South African Citizen, you are not allow to be in position of foreign currency without proper explanation and documentations of its sources or it will be seized. Apart from this, as a top member of the government and my assets is guided under the code of conduct that makes it impossible for me to use this fund within.

All I need from you is to make you the beneficiary of this fund once I have the go ahead from you and move this fund into your facility. We will discuss on a favorable commission or percentage that you will have for your help. I have all the required logistics/finance;contacts/connection within the make the moving of the funds into your facility hitch free and successful.

Please if you are interested to be part of this venture, contact me immediately along with your telephone number through my secured email address at danmbalula@patialvi.com or Tel/fax No: 27-76-886-0616.Plesae should you for any reason consider yourself not fit for this transaction, kindly destroy this message and never mention any party of it to any body.

Mr. Dan Mbalula


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