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: "Mr. Christain Bell" <christainbell.1@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mr.christainbell001@googlemail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:35:30 -0700
Subject: CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY !


CHRISTAIN GROUPS & ASSOCIATE
130 BANK ANTHONY WAY IKEJA GRA LAGOS


Dear Partner,

Good day, firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information
via e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the
urgency and importance of the information. I humbly crave your indulgence to
read this e-mail with all seriousness of purpose because this project is
based on Trust,confidentiality and sincerity of purpose in order to have an
acceptable meeting of the minds. I am a fifty two(52)years old established
lawyer. My name is Mr. Christain Bell,a solicitor and personal attorney to
an expatriate and a consultant with an American Oil company,PENNZOIL (Now
deceased) He died in the Tsunami disaster on 26th december 2004 while on
vacation in Thailand.

Six years ago, My Client successfully executed a contract for the Federal
Government of Nigerian {FGN} worth US$18.3 million dollars. A part payment
of USD9.million dollars was paid to my client, while the balance of USD9.3
million Dollars was still unpaid before my client died in the Indian Ocean
Tsunami disaster. However, all my efforts to locate the possible next of kin
proved abortive. Untill his sudden demise, He was not married and was
44years old.

NOW THE CRUX OF THIS E-LETTER is that the new elected Government Of Nigerian
is fully paying all foreign Contractors who have successfully executed their
contracts and my client is among those benefited in this first quarter
payment schedule which has already been deposited in his bank. As his
personal attorney/Adviser, his bank has officially notified and instructed
me to forward particulars of my client's next of kin within the next 14
official working days so that he/she can be paid the outstanding USD9..3
Million dollars otherwise his payment will be diverted to the government
coffers account as uncliamed bill.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives, I decided
to contact you for a deal so that we can work together as a team to remit
the money to your account as my client next of kin since I do not want to
seat and watch my client hard earned entittlement to go astray,it will be
easy for us to achieve because you are of the same name and country like
him. Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive but I would like to assure you that I am proposing this project
to you with the best of intensions. As a lawyer, I have the power to secure
all the necessary legal documents that will be used for this claim. All I
require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a
Legitimate banking arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.
Upon successful conclusion of this project,you will be compensated with 40%
of the total fund,while 60% will be for me.

If you are interested to work with me in this deal then kindly reply
strictly to my email with your personal telephone/fax number for effective
communication and oral clarification on how to proceed next.

Sincerely yours,

Mr.Christain Bell
{Legal Adviser}

Anti-fraud resources: