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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: "From The Desk Of Dr.Hassan Mark" <drhassan.mark@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:10:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From The Desk Of Dr.Hassan Mark




>From The Desk Of Dr.Hassan Mark
Chartered Accountant,
United Bank For Africa
International Trade Fair Branch,
Lagos Nigeria(Badagry Expressway)

Hello,

I am a Banker with the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA). My name is Dr.Hassan
Mark; I discovered an abandoned sum of 34.5 Million US dollars (Thirty
four Million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers who used to work with an Oil
Development company in Nigeria NNPC (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY).

Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On April 21, 2002, my
client, his wife, and their three children were involved in a car accident
along Sagamu High way Africa. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately
lost their lives. Since then, I have made several enquiries to his embassy
to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family
but all in vain.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly the UNITED
BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) PLC. Where the deceased had an account Valued at
about (34.5 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official
working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I decided seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since I can confide in you so that the proceeds of this account
valud at (34.5 Million US dollars) can be transfer into your nominated
Bank account then you and me can share the cash, 60% to me and 40% to you.
A legal representative will be contacted to help authenticate and regulate
all the essential legal documentation that can be used to back up any
claim we may make.

All I need from you is your total trust and honest cooperation to enable
us seeing this deal through. I promise that this will be executed under
Justifiable understanding that will protect you from any infringement of
the law. Do get back to me on my private email address.
drhassan.mark@gmail.com
Yours sincerely,

Dr.Hassan Mark

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