joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "dr.foladay_dagogo" <dr.foladay_dagogo8@jabster.pl>
Reply-To: foladay.dagogo@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:04:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT EMAIL


*
<http://images.google.com.ng/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2001_2005/pictures/worldbank.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2002/newdecember02.htm&h0&w0&szhl&starts&tbnid=OTtf9uln1x9btM:&tbnh‘&tbnw‘&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSWITZERLAND%2BWORLD%2BBANK%2BPRESIDENT%26start%3D72%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>WORLD
BANK.
Switzerland.
From Desk of the DR.FOLADAY DAGOGO
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).
* * ** DR.FOLADAY DAGOGO.*
*The manager of bill and exchange*
* at the foreign remittance department *
* in the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)**
**Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso**( West africa)**.*

*REMITTANCE OF (US$19.3 Million) CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE.*


*Dear Friend,*
** **
*I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
in the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB). In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$19.3m dollars (NINETY MILLION THREE HUNDER US DOLLARS)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR.
ANDREAS KIM from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire
family on (Monday
31st July 2000) in a plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION **
*
**
*Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking gildings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. *

*It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody
is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill.
*
*The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after eight years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. *

*( DIRECTORS-General ) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA _ FASO.*
**<http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop11/enbots/photos/3dec/IMG_9819.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop11/enbots/enbots1706e.html&h#04&w456&sza39&hl&start$&tbnidÜZaLejHV3nqtM:&tbnh0&tbnw0&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dafrica%2Bdevelopment%2Bbank%2Blogo%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN>
* ***<http://images.google.com.ng/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~modelun/modelun.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~modelun/Committee/bank.htm&hp0&w…0&sz7&hl&start&tbnid UBryn7BmEgAM:&tbnh9&tbnw5&prev=/images%3Fq%3DWORLD%2BBANK%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den>
*I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred
during the business and 50% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your
country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to
enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged, you must apply
first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your
bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number
for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be
remitted.
*
*Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application .I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch-free and you should not entertain any atom of fear as
all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.*
**
*You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.*
**
*Yours Faithfully,
DR.FOLADAY DAGOGO.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).*
*+226 76 88 15 80*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam