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: "JEAN SEABRE" <jean_seabre21@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: jean_seabre@myway.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:15:55 +0200
Subject: From: Dr. Jean Seabre

*From: Dr. Jean Seabre
Foriegn Remittance Department Manager
African development bank
Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
West Africa.

How Are You ?

I am Dr.Jean Seabre the trustee and financial manager to late Mr.Aziz
Mustafa. I am also the present Foriegn Remittance Department Manager of
African development bank , Cotonou branch,Republic of Benin.

I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you as a
result of what I presently have at hand.On 25th December 2003, Mr.Aziz
Mustafa, a Lebanese investor in Cotonou , Republic of Benin was among the plane
crash victims of Boeing 727-type, Air plane of African Transport Union (UTA)
crashed on 26th December 2003 at the Fidjrosse beach Cotonou Republic of
Benin. 111 persons died, the Beirut-bound flight victims are mostly Lebanese
nationals and few westerners. Over 40 others still reported missing as at
then, while 22 passengers survived.

Shortly after his death , his relatives arrived Cotonou Republic of
Beninand I handed over every of his other accounts information within
African
development bank ascept this very account file I withheld to divert the sum.


I seek your consent to present you as Next of kin to the deceased so that
the sidetracked Account valued at 15.5 Million Euro (Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand Euro) of late Mr. Aziz Mustafa could be remitted to your
account as his Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutually
agreed percentage. You can aswell go through the websit bellow: *
*www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash*<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash>
*
All I require from you is your honest co-operation and trust to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. To
enable us discuss further about this transaction, do contact me as i have
sent you the first mail but did not hear from you.
*
*I await your urgent response through my private email:
jean.seabre@hotmail.fr*
**
*With Best Regards,
Dr. Jean Seabre.*
*Phone + 229 95 81 42 10.þ*
*Private Email jean.seabre@hotmail.fr*

Anti-fraud resources: