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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: hamzat_abdulkareem@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:36:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENCY=20IS=20NEEDED?=

MR. HAMZAT ABDUL-KAREEM
AFRICAN EXPRESS BANK PLC,
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
EMAIL:hamzatabdulkareem@yahoo.com

Date: 15/11/2004

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Sir/Madam,

With close inquiries made about you ,I believe you can handle this matter.
I humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs outmost trust and confidence.
I am Mr. Hamzat Abdulkareem,
(MBA,ACIS) and I am the Bank Manager to United Trust Bank Plc in the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.

There is an account in my bank that has not been updated in the last nine
years and it has the sum of $ 7,000,000.00 United State Dollars. This money
has no beneficiary and severe
investigations show that the account belongs to a foreign company belonging
to Mr. Alvarez A. Hernandez who died a couple of years ago. Right now, I
am willing to give you 20% of the total sum as your own share if the money
is transferred into your account. The nature of your business is not relevant
for the success of this transaction. I have taken all necessary precautions
to make sure that the transaction is 100% risk free and it is believed that
this transaction will be completed within seven working days.

Honestly, it took me time to summon up courage to Email this letter to you
because of the distrust in the world today, but we will like you to use
the highest confidentiality you may muster
to treat this proposal.
Please reply back to my private email at (hamzatabdulkareem@yahoo.com).
I am looking forward to your kind and favourable response

Thank and best regards,
Hamzat Abdulkareem



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