joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: monica.kingsley@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:46:23 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTN=3A=20SIR?=



ATTN:Sir,

I am the chairman of the contract awarding committee,
federal ministry of petroleum resources, Nigeria.

It is quit unfortunate that 2004 has ended without your dream being accomplished.
Note that I vehemently wrote more than three mails to you as regards a good
measure for your contract payment but you did not see to listen to me.

I am in search of an agent to assist us in the transfer of USD38.5M (THIRTY
EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). I wish
to inform you once more that I am ever willing to assist you get your contract
payment without you sending any money here.


And subsequent investment in properties in you country. You will be required
to:

(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist us in purchase of properties.

If you decide to render your service to us in
this regard, 20% of the total sum will be for you.

Note that I will settle 80% expenses charges here in Nigeria but you will
take care of the other 20% expenses over there in your paying center.

You should try and get back to me as soon as possible for more details.

The new development will only last for one week.


RESPECTFULLY,
DR.MONICA KINGSLEY
(Chairman Contract Awarding Committee)



------------------------------------------
Use o melhor sistema de busca da Internet
Radar UOL - http://www.radaruol.com.br



Anti-fraud resources: