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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: sami ousmane <sami_ousmane@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 16:12:08 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED

My Dear Friend,

My name is Mr sami ousmane, I am a senior
partner (Attorney) in the firm of one Consults Inc: Private
Investigators, Security Consultants and Financial Managers. I am
conducting a standard process investigation/Recommendation on behalf of
Banks that is on secret bank account or call it (numbered bank account).

This investigation involves a foreigner, a client to bank, the
client owned numbered bank account in a bank, where his Gold businesses
partners pays him his shares to the account through transit bank
Account, they use transit bank Account in transferring into the
numbered bank account.

I found what appeared as if corrupted bankers attempted to embezzle
the client's money, or maybe they tried obtain or see good proofs that
you were the real successor (transferee) rigestered before the died of
transferor, they couldn't and turn to use your name and information
embezzle the money.

Some are assume that the client did not nominate successor before he
died on his investments made with the bank from his gold perners that
is amount now over: US9.5 Million, in short many information have been
deleted by people we believed to be corrupted bankers and I could not
distinguish what actually happened.

I made investigation in all, and noticed that no one can have way
to change your name from not being the right successor(transferee). I
prayed over it and thank God to see we build trust with the already
appeared nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable, i
decided to do all in trust with hope that you are a person that could
worthy to face the challange on what need to do in order to win the
money in to your personal countrol that is through my direction, I can
get the money transfer to you.

The essence of this communication with you is to request that you
know what happen and provide me with information/comments on any or all
what you know about the issues as regards nominating you to inherit the
fund left behind by this deceased client whose no other successor could
be clearly found, apart from you; if not you.

You must appreciate that I'm constrained to providing you with more
detailed information at any point you need it.

Please respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford me the
opportunity to provide you with more information on this matter.

Thank you in advance for accommodating my enquiry.
For more clarification reply me back on
sami_ousmane@yahoo.com
Yours sincerely,

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