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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: chucks2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:39:56 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=

From BARRISTER MORE CHUCKS.
MORE Chambers & Associates
Email; more_chucks1@yahoo.it

Attn ,
Dear Beloved

Iam Barrister More chucks, a solicitor at law. Iam the personal
attorney to Late Engineer David Mirza , native of your country,who used


to work with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria.Here inafter shall
be referred to as my client.On the 21st ofApril 2000,my client,his wife
and their three children were involved in a car accident along sagbama express
road.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then


Ihave made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several
unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace over the

Internet,to locate any member of his family or anyone who can give me assistance
to move the money to his or her account, hence I contacted you.I know you
might be or not his relative,but i want to assure you that we can acomplish
this deal based on understanding and trust.


I have contacted you to assist in recover the money and properties left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared noneserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposit were lodged.

Particularly,the Eco Bank Nigeria Plc where the deceased has an account
valued at about US$10.5 Million has issued me a mandate to provide the next-of-kin
or have the account confiscated within the

6weeks.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years
now.

I seek your consent to present you as the deseased next of kin to him,so
that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.5 Million can

be paid to you and then you i and can share the money. 60% to me and 40%
to you.I am assuring you that i will make avaliable all necessary/ legal
documents that can be used to backup any claim/proof the next of kin to
him

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I
guarantee thatthis will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach oF the Law.

Please get in touch with me immediately if you are interested and

trustworthy as I do not have much time in my disposal.please reply also
through my althernative email address above and Thank you in advance for
your anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards,
Barrister More chucks.
more_chucks1@yahoo.it





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