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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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Fraud email example:

From: williams_adams11@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:32:02 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASSISTANCE?=

From the desk of the Regional Manager (Western Region)

DEAR SIR

MY NAME IS MR. WILLIAMS ADAMS I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF BARCLAYS BANK
OF GHANA IKEJA BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF NIGERIA. I GOT YOUR INFORMATION
ON A RECENT BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES HELD IN
LOME THE CAPITAL CITY TO OF TOGO IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE TO YOU THIS PROPOSAL
IN GOOD FAITH; I AM 48 YEARS OLD MARRIED WITH TWO (2) LOVELY KIDS. I AM
A DEVOTE CHRISTIAN AND MAN OF PEACE.

I HAVE PACKAGE A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND I, AS
THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE BARCLAYS BANK IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCIAL
REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT THE END OF EACH
BUSINESS YEAR.ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 2002 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED
THAT MY BRANCH IN

WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U$1,680,000.00) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE
OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWAR E OF.

I HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY.
AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY,
SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION.

THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER,
ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS
FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER
THE TRANSFER TO YOU

DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I
WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS + 233-20-22769646
CALL ME IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOURS TRULY,
MR. WILLIAMS ADAMS
williamsadams@seeqmail.com



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