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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: "MARTINS ADAMOLA" <martinsadamola1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsadamola@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:02:35 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS

Dr Martins Adamola
Untied Bank For Africa Plc (U.B.A)
11 B Akin Adesola Street
Victoria Island.
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Sir,
I am Dr Martins Adamola,an Accountant with UNTIED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC ( U.B.A) I am writing to solicit for your support and cooperation in carrying out a business opportunity in the department of my bank(UBA) where i work as an Accountant/branch Manager.

We have discovered an account with the total sum of Twenty One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($21.5 Million) that has not been operated on for the past 5 years.From our investigations,We have found out that this accounts belongs to one of our foreign client who was a big time Oil dealer who died along sides his wife, and their two children including several others in Ikeja,Lagos State, Nigeria on January 27, 2002 as a result of a bomb blast. For confirmation, please refer to the links below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/worald/africa/2698081.stm
http://www.worldsocialist-cwi.org/index2.html?/eng/2002/02/02.html

We have kept a close monitoring of the account since then and nobody have come forward to claim the money as next of kin to our late client meaning that no one is aware of the account. We can not directly take out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for your assistance to claim the funds and share it with you equatably otherwise the funds will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.

As the branch Manager of my bank ,I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to that account, with correct information concerning that clients account, which I shall give you.I am seeking your co -operation to present you as the next of kin to that account. There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. Contact me as soon as you receive this message if you feel we can work together,so as to give you more details.

To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contacts : 1)Full name 2)Telephone number, fax number 3)Contact address 4)Age 5)Occupation.

This will enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.You can reach me immediately with your informations as indicated above. Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.

Thank you in advance

Dr Martins Adamola (U.B.A)





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