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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: "Hassan Saleh Bello" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <h_salehbello@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:57 +0100
Subject: Urgent Mail

From Hassan Saleh Bello
Branch Manager,
Bond Bank Plc
Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria
Personal E-mail: h_salehbello@yahoo.co.jp

Attn: President/Ceo.

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
Business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you
Before but my confidence was reposed on you when the Chief Executive of
Lagos State chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for
A confidential business. I am the manager of Bond Bank Plc (BB),
Ilupeju branch,Lagos Nigeria. The intended business is this; we Had a
customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with One
of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in my bank branch
The sum of US 22.6 Million (Twenty Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand U.S
(Dollars).

Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until today Non-of His
next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having noticed This, I
in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank have Covered
Up the account all this while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to
Be Fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account and
other Relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the
Claim. We Will use our positions to get all internal documentations to
back up The Claims. The whole procedures will last only five working
days to get The Fund retrieved successfully without trace even now or
in future. Your Response is only what we are waiting for as we have
arranged all Necessary things.

As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating
Your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to
Ensure that this deal is successfully concluded. For your assistance
we Have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum
at The end of the transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues and
I And the remaining 10% would be for any form of expenses that
may be Incurred during the course of the transaction which would be
given to Us When the money is transferred into your account before
splitting the Balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%.

In order to get all the Legal documents from the court, kindly send
the following information To Us immediately. Your full name, telephone,
mobile and fax numbers as Well as your resident or company address.I
await your earliest Response. Please reply through my personal Email:
h_salehbello@yahoo.co.jp

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
Hassan Saleh Bello

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