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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: teslim abubakar <teslimabubakar003@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:37:32 +0100
Subject: hello

I am Mr Teslim Abubakar, a Lawyer by profession. I am the personal attorney
to Mr. Charles Bucknor Woodman, a national of the united states of America,
who used to work as a contractor with Chevron Oil Exploration Company in
Nigeria, herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their only child were
involved in a car accident along Lagos - Ibadan express road. All occupants
of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several inquiries to the embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful as the embassy
told me he was an orphan.
A commercial bank here where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$7.5 Million Dollars, has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
or have the account confiscated.
Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now and the bank is about to confiscate the fund as 'unclaimed fund' I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you so
that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$7.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money, in the ratio of 70% for me, and 30% for you.
We shall secure all necessary legal document that can be used to back up
any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this business through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me by email teslimabubakar101@gmail.com and send
to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about the
details of this transaction.

Thanks

Teslim

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