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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: ibrahmad@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:05:07 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Waiting=20for=20your=20reply=20plese=21=21?=

FROM MR IBRAHIM AHMAD
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SOCIETE GENERALE DU BANQUES BURKINA FASO (SGBBF)
Tel: +226 76 57 79 66
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: ibrahmad202@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am MR IBRAHIM AHMAD, the bill and exchange manager of
SOCIETE GENERALE DU BANQUES BURKINA FASO (SGBBF) in West
Africa with due respect and regards.

I have decided to contact you on a business transaction
that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of
the transaction. We had a foreign client MR BRAIN O. ISAAC
who deposited a huge sum of money (US$10.5 million)with our
bank.

Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR
BOEING 767 FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in
U.S.A but, since then we have not had any body coming for
the claims as the next of kin. A situation I have
monitored closely with my position in the bank.

Now, having monitored this deposit over the years after his
death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin
for the past three and half years, I have moved the file to
my private volt.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the
next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded
by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me
move the fund to his account. This does not have any risk
attached to it as all the internal documentations will be
handled by me.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a
return message through my private email address:
ibrahmad202@yahoo.com
and I will furnish you with details. Your interest will be
negotiable before we commence the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Remain Bless.

Yours Faithfully.
MR IBRAHIM AHMAD
+226 76 57 79 66
Private email address: ibrahmad202@yahoo.com



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