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. Gupta Bank Auditor" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 04:15:29 -0700
Subject: Co-operatives Request.

From: Mr Gupta
Citi Bank Plc.

Business Transaction.

I`m a banker with Citi Bank, Account Auditing Department also the Vice President of Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP) Africa. ICEP is charged with the responsibility of finding dormant bank accounts in Africa belonging to Non African indigence, which have remained dormant since Holocaust and Tsunami.

It may interest you to know that in March of 2011, the African Reserve Bank published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non- African citizens that has been dormant for the past 25 years and more.

See list http://www.crt-ii.org/_awards/index.phtm, http://www.crt-ii.org/2001_list/publication_list1_A.phtm

BUSINESS DETAILS:
During one of our periodic auditing, I discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of US$ 202,000.000.00 {Two hundred and Two million US Dollars only} that believed it belongs to Holocaust victims, war victims or Tsunami Victims, The accounts had been dormant since so many years. The continuing efforts of the Independent Committee of Eminent People (ICEP) have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts - 63,000 in December 2010.

If you know that you are capable to handle large or small amount on trust and can keep secret and ready to take 40% of any amount I transfer to your account from the dormant account and I will take 60%, send your full contact information's by return mail to enable us reach a working agreement.

I want to re-assure you that this business is risk free and you can send an empty account to receive the funds, provided you work on my instruction, I am capable to transfer up-to $ 25 Million Dollars into any corporate or private account you provided to me wetin 72 hours upon reaching a working understanding with me.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,

Mr Gupta
Citi Bank Account Department.
e-mail :gt01lz@zing.vn

Anti-fraud resources: