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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: "Mr.Ndanta Djamilla" <dantadjimailla@ibibo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:31:07 +0000
Subject: Mr.Ndanta Djimailla

Attention: Sir/Madam,

Good day, my name is Mr.Mr.Ndanta Djimailla. I’m the accountant of
the groupe bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

I am writing in respect of a late foreign customer of the bank of
Africa here in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso with account number
BOA/38844685296. And his name is MR. Christian K. Goetz a German
nationality.

This late foreign customer of the bank of Africa died in a plane
crash together with his wife who is his next of kin to his deposited
fund of 18 million dollars in the bank of Africa.

Since the demise of this customer, I as the accountant of the branch
office where he opened his account have personally watching with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive. No one
has come to claim his fund which has been in the bank for a very long
time.

Because of this reason, I have decided to seek for a foreigner whom
I will place as the next of kin to this fund, and with the accurate
information I will give to the person the bank will be able to
transfer the said fund into his or her bank account for both of us to
share at the ratio of 55%for me 35% for the person and 10% will be
used for any expenses that might incur.

What bothers me most is that the banking rules and regulation here
does not allow such fund to stay more than eight years. In the cause
of this the fund will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed
fund after this period.

You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this
transaction, and rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us. I will require your assistance also to
invest my share in your country after all.

Sincerely,
Mr.Ndanta Djimailla

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