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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: "Sheikh Mohammad Azi" <sheikhmahammad_aziz@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sheikhmohammedaziz@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:46:15 +0400
Subject: Bank of UAE

SHEIKH MOHAMMAD AZIZ,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.,
EMIRATE BANK OF U.A.E.,
Good day,
I got to know of you in my search for a reputable and reliable person to assist me in an urgent need requiring utmost trust and confidentiality, while browsing the internet after my colleagues and I have decided on what to do as regards the matter.
I am Sheikh Mohammad Aziz, the manager Bills and Exchange, under foreign remittance department of Emirate Bank of Dubai U.A.E International.
I am writing this email to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$35,000,000.00 (Thirty-five million US Dollar) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and three children in October 1998, in a plane crash.
Do send your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive the money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe until I come to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
To commence this transaction, we require you to Email Address:- sheikhmahammad_aziz@yahoo.com <mailto:sheikhmahammad_aziz@yahoo.com> Mail To:- sheikhmohammedaziz@yahoo.com <mailto:sheikhmohammedaziz@yahoo.com>
Indicate your interest by a return response.
Best regards,
Sheikh Mohammad Aziz.



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