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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: "Mr, Williem" <raphbaba@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rufamadi@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From:Mr.william.Amadi.


From:Mr.william.Amadi.
Executive Director,
Head of Int Operations,

Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you.I am Mr.william Amadi,the bank
Executive Director,Head of Int Operations, It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise This is because we have not met before but i am inspired to sending you this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us
Therefore,I will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all your
trust and full co-operation.There is an account in my bank that has not been updated in the last five years and has no beneficiary and investigations show that the account belongs to a foreign company belonging to An America Mr. frank dallas who is an Oil consultant/ contractor with N.N.P.C had in our Bank the sum of US$21.5m in a domiciliary account of which I am the account officer,
he unfortunately lost his life On the 21st of April 2003,my client,his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/LagosExpress Road. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, ,including his wife and three daughters leaving nobody to claim the money Right now,

Consequently,The bank issued a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated .since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over several years.now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $21.5million U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can share the money. 65% to me and 30% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as government may require.I have all necessary 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 deal through
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
I look forward to hear from you urgently so that we can proceed accordingly.I wait for your urgent response,your full name and
address,telephone & fax number and other relevant informations,
The nature of your business is not relevant for the success of this transaction.I have taken all necessary precautions to make sure that the transaction is 100% risk free and .Please you must keep this transaction secret at all times until you have received the fund in your account, I wait for your urgent response.this is my private e-mail
(rufamadi@gawab.com )

Best regards,
Mr.william.Amadi.
Executive Director,
Head of Int Operations,
email addrress(rufamadi@gawab.com )


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