joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: OFFICE OF YUSUF BALLO OFFICE OF YUSUF BALLO <officeofyusufballo@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:32:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (pls can i confide in you?)




from The Desk Of Yusuf Ballo & Associates
Solicitors,Advocates,Notary Public & Legal Adviser
Maka Plaza,No:17 school Road Owerri,
Imo State-Nigeria.
Email- officeofyusufballo@yahoo.com,

Dear Friend,


It is with trust and beleive that I write to you. I am

Barrister YUSUF BALLO a solicitor at law. I am the

personal attorney to Mr. Douglas national of

your country, who used to work with shell development

company in Nigeria and as well a one time secret agent

in transferring of money overseas for the Late head of

state of Nigeria {Late Gen.SANI ABACHA}.Before his

death On the 21st of April 2003 [my client,his wife

and their three children were involved in a car

accident along sagbama express road in which all

occupants of the motor died}. My client

deposited as family belongings in a CONSIGNMENT {jewelries}

the sum of $20.5m in Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc here in Nigeria

for himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country

as soon as he is on leave.


Since his death I have made several enquiries to your

embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives

this has also proved unsuccessful. After these 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 Fidelity Bank where

these Consignment (Money) were Deposited.Particularly,

the Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc where the deceased

Deposited the Consignment valued at about 20.5million

dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of

kin with in the next ten official working days. Since

I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for

over 3years now I seek your consent to present you as

the next of kin of the deceased since you have the

same last name so that the proceeds of this

Consignments(Money) valued at 7.5 million dollars can

be claim by you and then you and me can share the

money.60% to me and 30% to you and the other 10% will

be for expenses each of us mighty make, I have

allnecessary legal documents that can be used to back

up any claim we may make.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us

see this dealt through. I guarantee that this will be

executed under a legitimate arrangement that will

protect you from any breach of the law.

NOTE: Please get in touch with me by my email address

private: barri_yusufballoxxy@yahoo.com

to enable us discuss further.


Best regards,

Barrister Yusuf Ballo(Esq


---------------------------------
Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.
Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

---------------------------------
Building a website is a piece of cake.
Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.

Anti-fraud resources: