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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: " Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:51:23 +0100
Subject: Looking forward to hear from you soon

Dear Sir,

I am Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha the former Governor of Bayelsa State of Nigeria. I wish to discuss a business with you based on safeguarding my funds into your bank account

This deal will be highly privately with both of us for my security reasons because I was accused by Government over allegations of money-laundering in London. This is in accordance of information leakage/ information sabotage by a partner from Vietnam.

Please take a look of this web for better understanding:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/17/content_3501642.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4253362.stm

I made the money while in office, and the total funds is Fifty Million United States Dollars Only (US$50,000.000). I have successfully deposited this fund to a Security and finance institution in Nigeria

The fund was deposited with the finance institution as "Family Treasure” and in a trunk box, marked diplomatic luggage, and it was deposited with a foreign name, Mr. Raul Thompson as the beneficiary to avoid being traced by the government of my country
I cannot front any of my relative(s) or aides for the claim of this fund from the finance institution since it was deposited with a foreign name as the beneficiary, neither will I front myself, as I'm being monitored by the Anti-graft Agency of my country.

Hence, my decision to solicit for your assistance in this regard in order to front you as the trustee to Mr. Raul Thompson on whose name the fund was deposited.

Upon your acceptance of my proposal, I shall have my family attorney to effect the change of your name to read the beneficiary of this fund, which shall facilitate the claim on your name as the trustee to Mr. Raul Thompson, and you shall be duly advice on how to spilt the fund into several accounts in your country when transferred to you.

I have considerably agreed to give you 35% of this fund as compensation for whatever assistance that you shall give in this regard, 10% set aside to take care of whatever expenses that we may likely incure at the course of retrieving the fund and the transfer to you, while the remaining 55% shall remain in an account that you shall set up in your country pending when I shall need it to sponsor a candidate in 2011 general election in Nigeria

And most importantly, if this transaction is executed perfectly, you shall come over to Nigeria for other business negotiations especially on the issue of private business empire.

In your response, please do not forget to provide your full name(s), address, phone number and any copy of your identification, as required by my family attorney for the facilitation of the necessary paper works.

Thanks in advance.

Yours faithfully,
Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha

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