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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Sandra Chuks <sandrachuks@maillingplus.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:09:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DEAREST ONE


DEAREST ONE
 
My name is miss sandra chuks,am from abidjan, coted'voire. I work with Fidelity Bank Plc.I will like to confirm to you that am oblige to transact this business with you, i need your assistance to stand as a beneficiary to the sum of $17.8 millions united State Dollars lying down unclaimed in our bank, what really happened is that during the course of our auditing last week,
 
 I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2000 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again,after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remmit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
 
The owner of this account Dr.Ahmed Hassan Ghoubashi an United Arab Emirate Oil Merchant and great industrialist ,who was a foreign contractor with the Federal Government of coted'voire, unfortunately lost his life in a car accident including his wife and kid. Ever since his death the money has been lying unclaimed.Now i need you cooperation to claim this money because only someone from foreign country can stand as the beneficiary.
 
And the Banking law stipulates that any money lying unclaimed for seven years will be transfered to federal government suspent account with central bank. Please i need your assistance to achieve this great chance because i do not wish this money transfered to Central bank of coted'voire because it will be shared among the top directors, this people want to cheat this man , i dont want it to happen , i want us to get this money out for him and help the poor with it and also help ourselves.
 
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involve is $17.8 million United States Dollars only and I wish this money should be transfer into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,but to a foreigner who has information about the account.
 
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total amount, 45% will be for mine. while 10% will be donated to the Motherless and Orphanage home in your country. Please i want you to be honest with me because this money is a golden oppurtunity to me and i do not want to loose it. For the business to be effected i will need the following information from you.
 
1.Your full name:
2.Your full residential address:
3.Your direct telephone number and email address,
4.Your date of birth and Birth Place:
5:Your Occupation:
6:Your Marital Status
7:Your Sex
 
With all these informations i will sucessfully inputs your name in the necessary files and also insert your information into the bank central computer as the next of kin to the late depositor and the sole beneficiary of the unclaimed fund after the demise of the depositor.
contact me for more details via my email: sandrachuks98@live.fr or call my personal phone number : +225 66749087 Thanks
 
MISS SANDRA CHUKS
 

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