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: "Nua International Securities Cameroon." <desk.gafooradams1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:29:39 -0300
Subject: Nua International Securities Cameroon.




From: The Manager,
Nua International Securities Cameroon.
First Light Branch
Cameroon.

Hi,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however it's just my
urgent need for a foreign partner that made me contact you for this
transaction. I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust
worthy and honest person to introduce this transfer project with. My
name is Mr. Gafoor Adams, I am the manager of the International Nua
Financial Securities Cameroon.

I seek your co-operation in transferring the left over funds US$9.8M
(Nine million,eight hundred thousand) of one of my bank deceased
client DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY who died in the charter plane which crashed
in the Kenyan city of Sumburu along with his family on 21st July,
2003. You can confirm the genuine of the deceased death by clicking on
this website:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

I am inviting you for a business deal because as an officer of the
bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled
to request for your assistance as a foreigner to receive this money
into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while
70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no
risk involved in this.

It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank
account anywhere you feel safer. All I need from you is to stand as
the original depositor of this fund.

I will appreciate your timely response, thank you.

Sincerely,
Gafoor Adams


Anti-fraud resources: