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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: "Dr. Steinhauser Jan Rudolf " <stehauserjanrudolf@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:39:42 -0800
Subject: Email From Dr. Steinhauser Jan Rudolf

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into financial transaction
for our mutual benefits. I am Dr. Steinhauser Jan Rudolf, the personal
assistance to Prof. Rijkman Groenink, Chairman, Abn Amro Bank N.V,
Netherlands. The fact is that we just got to know that one of our foreign
customer DR. ALHAJI. ASHARY IBRAHIM ABDULHAMEED from Saudi Arabia who made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$45,800,000.00 (Forty-five Million and Eighty Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars) only in our bank. Upon maturity,
we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Saudi Arabia that
DR. ALHAJI. ASHARY IBRAHIM ABDULHAMEED died from an automobile accident. On
further investigation, we found out that he died without making a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that DR. ALHAJI.
ASHARY IBRAHIM ABDULHAMEED did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This
sum of US$45.8 Million is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each month. No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of this Bank, at the
expiration of 5(Five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Netherlands Government if nobody applies to claim the Fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin to DR. ALHAJI. ASHARY IBRAHIM ABDULHAMEED so that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupts
Government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide me
immediately your full names, Telephone and Fax numbers and address so that
my attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will
put you in Place as the next of kin. We shall discuss the percentage of
sharing in your response.

The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a citizen here cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I therefore solicit for your assistance
to come forward as the next of kin in this business. So if you are
interested I advice you to write me your plan and send me your detains
through my private email below in order for me to send you the whole
arrangement about this transaction. Hope to get your understanding, trust
and capable of handling this transaction.

Thanks for your understanding.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Steinhauser Jan Rudolf
For Prof. Rijkman Groenink
Chairman (ABN AMRO BANK N.V)
P.O. Box 283 (AA2823)
1000 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
www.abnamrobank.nl
Email: steinhauserjanrudolf@yahoo.de

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