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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: "Dr.Richard Ademola." (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:01 +0200
Subject: Re:URGENT


Dear Sir/Man,

I am Dr.Richard Ademola. The Manager Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent and-ery confidential business proposition for you.On April 6, 2010, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.james smith made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for some months, valued at S$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. james smith on 1 February 2011 died in a plane crash on air senegal on aircraft Name Hawker Siddeley HS-748.

This crash happened in Tambacoumba, Senegal, Africa and the registration number of the aircraft is 6AV-AEO, and since his untimely death the funds has been dormant in his account with my Bank without any claim of the fund On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. james smith did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

All what you need to do, once i have your willingness to carry out this project, i will reveal the secret information about the depositor,which is Mr. james smith to enable you put on claim as his next of kin official for onward transfer within 48 hours.

The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you and 5% will take care of all expenses incure on both ide.There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for th is transaction will be done by the Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.if you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address/phone upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Regards.

Dr.Richard Ademola.

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