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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 Naike Naebube <m.naikenaebube@chaiyo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:38:41 +0200
Subject: Did you receive it?Reply.

Attn please;
Can your account receive (18,500, 000, 00 United State Dollar) in your country without any problem? Please confirm with me for immediate transferring of the said amount to your account. For your kind information, the above mentioned Money was discovered in a dormant account of a deceased customer during our last month annual audit report. After several investigations of the deceased suppose next of kin, we find out that he did not identify his suppose next of kin when he opened domiciliary account with us.
With your age and vigorous in the society, you know that such mistake often happens in many banks more-especially here in Africa and abroad as a result of someone keeping he/she financial statutes secret. It is upon this reason that we decide to confiscate the fund within us alone and transfer the money to your country and come over to your country to shear the money 50% 50% with you because if somebody did not apply for the claiming of the money before 30th of June 2010, the account will be automatically closed-down into the bank Treasure as unclaimed bill.
if your Interested and capable for such transactional deal, indicate your genuineness and willingness by providing me your full information as listed below for self assurance of whom I am trusting so I can send you a simple note to send to the bank so the bank can tell you the obligations for immediate processing of the claim and its transfer to your account:
Your full name……………………………….
Country………………………………………..
Residential address……………………………………
Mobile phone number………………………………………
Fax number…………………………………..
Present Occupation…………………………………………………..
Age……………………………………………………………….
Marital status………………………………………………….
A copy of Photograph…………………………………………………..
For more clarification, you are free to telephone me on +226 78686592.
Sincerely
MR NAIKE NAEBUBE.
 

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