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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: "Ahmed Tijani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <medjanihahmed@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:00:28 -0200
Subject: Reliable person only

Hello,
I have decided to use this medium to contact you today for a corporate business partnership and international relationship. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met face to face nor had any dealings in the past. I humbly ask you take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to you and I in the very nearest future. But, on the other hand, I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy if this offer and contact is not acceptable to you. In a nut shell, the purpose of my writing to you is that I want to pull out an unclaimed deposited fund, amounted to the total sum ($10.2 Million Dollars) that belong to one of our late client who died in a ghastly auto accident along with his entire family here in London some years back. Ever since we gathered the information about his death, we have been expecting any of his relatives or foreign business associates to visit our Law Firm.
 
To put claim over the said deposit in financial custody, but up till this time of writing no next of kin or associate of him has come forward to claim his deposit with the financial house. Hence, I decided to contact you today for your capable, reliable assistance and maximum cooperation to transfer the deposit out from here into yours for a solid investment between two of us in the very nearest future.
 
As it may interest you to know, for your future cooperation and maximum efforts, 30% of the money will be for you as appointing foreign partner, 70% of it will be for me and Bank operation manager. I will send one of my colleagues that will eventually visit your country for disbursement and investment of our funds portion. To be more honest and candid with you, I need your maximum assistance and co-operation to get this deal done, because as a foreigner you stand in a very better position to be present through documentation as the business associate from your country since the deceased was also a foreigner. In this regard, I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transaction perfectly with trust and confidence by giving me the following information about yourself:
 
1) Your full name:
2) Your residential and postal address:
3) Your occupation and position:
4) Your age:
5) Your marital status:
6) Your direct telephone:
7) Your Nationality:
8) Scan Copy of Identification Card or ID card number:
 
As a matter of fact, it is important to also inform you that all modalities and logistics are in good shape to affect the deposit into your position as a claimant. So advisably, I will prefer all further communication and future correspondences in English language. Meanwhile, I strongly advise that you treat this communication with top maturity and confidentiality for future prospect. Most importantly, I pray and implore you to kindly reply me as soon as you received this email. And above all, upon receipt of your quick and positive response, I will equally summit the same given information to admin section as claimant. Be assured that I and the Bank operation manager are in control of the situation; there would be no risk whatsoever if you elect to come on board and also every arrangement as been put in place for us to achieve the goal.
 
I look forward to your quick and positive response / acceptance. Thank you for the common understanding and future cooperation.
 
Yours faithfully,
Barrister Ahmed Tijani
Email:  medjanihahmed@yahoo.com
Direct Telephone: +442035147153
17 Berkeley Street,
3rd Floor, London W1J 8DS
 

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