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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: "Dr Hashim Zaki" <hashimzaki@creditbankofiraq.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:01:34 +0000
Subject: REPLY ASAP

From:Dr.Hashim Zaki.
Victory -Camp,
Amalyia -Baghdad,Iraq.

Dear Sir,
I am Dr.Hashim Zaki,An Iraqi Citizen and Auditor by profession.
I am 48 years,married with four Children. I obtained a List of accademic
qualifications from
World Class institutions.I am privilaged to be the Auditor General of a
prime Bank
here in Iraq,and accounts officer to Some Oil Merchants/Distributors in
Basrah-Iraq.
During the Licencing of private banks in Iraq,i was invited for an
appointment.My exposure with the Western culture pave the opportunity for
my position and the Foreign/investing customers' confidence in my bank and
my Position as their accounts officer.

After the invasion of My country,in which some people lost theirlives.
Most of the customers came back for Claims and were granted their
request,but i had problem with two of my esteemed Customers who never
showed up since 2002.
These Net-Worth Customers have huge sum of money with myBank.Persornally i
had made frantic effort to trace these bosom friends of mine but to no
avail,My bank had written several official letters to their Iraq addresses
but there had not been any response.
As it stand now the elected Government,who will take over the processing of
these debt payments and Finance Ministry had also issued instruction to
offload the Foreign Debts of the Country to help ascertain the National
Reserve and Balance of Payment Resolution, My Bank now requires a
foreigner who has the
informations to these accounts so that they can release these funds to
them.

My Customers have USD26m and USD128.6m respectively,in theiraccounts,A lady
and a gentle man. Relaible Informations from the Immigration Department
reveals that the
gentle man was single at the point of Entry and that the lady(A
widow)Entered with two Children,and that the entire family lost their lives
in a Terrorist Bomb attack here in Iraq.
There are alot of re-shufflement going on in the Finance and
bankingsector,alot of Private banks will be sold to (Foreign)Expertise banks
and and should we not make haste about this claim we
may lose this money to the Iraq Government and this will give a big boost
to The Terrorist Purse.
I have all relevant informations to this account and will urge you to come
forward to stand in as the bonafide beneficiary to this accounts,we will
start with The USD 26m and upon the successful transfer of that we will
carry on with the rest of
the funds. I will feed you with all the necessary informations
ranging from their names,company informations and accounts.You will be
entitle to 40% upon the successful transfer of this funds. Try and get
back to me ,should you be wiling to complete this transaction with
me.please contact me at my private
number;+88216651432 and email drhashimzaki@yahoo.com.

Regards,
Dr.Hashim Zaki


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