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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: "joseph oke" <joseph_oke2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:25:19 +0000
Subject: Keune,All I require is your honest cooperation

FROM BARRISTER JOSEPH OKE(BL, LLB-HONS.)
C/O JOSEPH OKECHAMBER & SOLICITORS.
393 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
11TH JULY 2005


Dear Keune,

I am Barrister Joseph Oke, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme court
of Nigeria,I am the
Personal Attorney to Mr Alan Keune , an expertriate,who was a consultant
with shell
development oil company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000,my client and
his wife were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express
Road.Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event
of the accident, Since then I have made several enquiries as to locate any
of his extended relatives,
but all proved abortive.After several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to
traces his relatives over the
Internet,to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I decided
to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at
about(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client(Mr Alan Keune) with the
Universal Trust Bank plc (UTB) before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank. Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten
official working days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the
next of kin to the deceased, the proceeds of this account valued at
(US$11.5 million dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share
the money.55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require. I have all the necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up this project.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Joseph Oke(Esq)

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