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. ISA ISA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <isa3@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:10:50 +0100
Subject: AS REGARDS YOUR FUND

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. ISA ISA of telex/computer department of the ADB. I am sending this private email based
on the confidentiality of the transaction. Please, I will like to advise if after going through my proposal
and you do not accept it, kindly keep it to yourself. As of this moment, i am still in service with the ADB
and i will not by any means like to lose my job, if you are not interested.

I have put in over 23 years in this bank but i do not have anything to show for it. This is just my opportunity
to make sure that i give my children a decent training since my government which is corrupt has refused to
take care of its responsibility. In fact , Iam sick and tired of everything here i need to get out. I found out
that you almost met all the statutory requirements in respect of your payment. please be equally advised that
no security company here can handle your contract payment/inheritance fund with any bank without the
instructions of the African development bank.

Your problem is that of interest group in the Central bank that is supposed to transfer your fund with the
approval of the ADB. A lot of people are interested in your payment and that explains why you receive
emails and phone calls from different people everyday. their whole game plan is to frustrate you in order
for you to abandon the contract payment and then, they will be comfortable and free enough to transfer
the contract funds into their overseas account.

Their aim and target is not the money you are giving them but to frustrate you. hence, you have lost trust
on whom to believe to be genuine. I can assure you that this may last for years, yet nothing happens. to
sum it up, i wish to assure you that with my position here in the telex department, i can punch the computer
and credit your account straight.

I can accomplish this under five working days. But we have to reach an agreement. First of all, you have to
let me know how much you will give me at the consummation of this

Finally, you will have to accept to keep this transaction strictly Confidential. If you accept my proposal,
kindly get back to me immediately on my private email: isa3@yahoo.cn and confirm your particulars on reply.

Regards,
Mr. ISA ISA
EMAIL: isa3@yahoo.cn

Anti-fraud resources: