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: adolphuswabara@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:27:28 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION?=

Dear,

I senator Adolphus wabara, the Presdent of senator FEDREAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
wish to seek your co-operation in securing the 7.5 millon dollars I have
in europe.

I solely wish to compensate you after the said money has been fully secured
in your account due to my present position in the government, I can not
operate or handle this fund without been probed, therefore seeking your
earnest assistance to recieve this money on my behalf.

The money in question was paid to me as compensation for contracts I awarded
during the COJA YOUTH AND SPORT FESTIVAL held in Abuja, Nigeria Last year.


As a result of unforseen circomstances surrounding my office at the moment,I
wish to secure the money elsewhere from the security company where it was
deposited in europe, hence I seek your co-operation.thought it was deposited
as persanal effect through diploamtic immunity for safe keeping.

I wish you to contact me via;e-mail address ia_wabara@yahoo.co.in, as soon
as you receive this mail to enable me give you the guidelines / directives
on how you are to recieve the money.

So as soon as I recieve acknowledgemnt of this letter, I will not hasitate
to furnish you with all the details.

Meanwhile, I would love to know your ability / capability to handle this
fund and also would want you to help me in investing this money in a lucrative
business venture in your country.

More importantly, you should understand the confidentiality of this transaction
and as such, you have to keep this to yourself only untill the fund is successfully
secured in your account.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.


Yours Sincerely.

Senator Adolphus Wabara.
http://www.usafricaonline.com/wabaraosuji.scandal.html




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



Anti-fraud resources: