joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Hassn Ibrahim <mrhassn.deal_ubn@live.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:22:41 +0300
Subject: OFFICIAL LETTER FOR =?UTF-8?Q?YOU=E2=80=8F?=

Dear Trusted Friend,

I deem it necessary to restate that i secured your email address from
the United Kingdom chamber of commerce directory during my search for a
reputable person to assist me in this mutual transaction,i have tried to
the best of my ability to locate any known relation of late Engr. Steve
Moore ,but all effort in this direction has not yielded any result ,this
is why i contacted you to assist in claiming this fund for our own
personal use hence if we fail to do so the ownership of the fund will
return to the state in accordance with the banking regulations here in
my country.

This is on the condition that you retain 40% of this principal amount of
US 15.5million, 60% of this amount will be for me .Every paper work
towards this claims is available,which will authenticate you as the next
of kin to late Engr. Steve Moore ,soon as you respond to this email i
will send you a sample of an application and also give you the contact
details of the bank so that you can proceed by sending the application
to the bank for them to start processing the transfer to your bank
account.I am also assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free
guaranteed.

The bank will start processing your claim within 48 hours,this is based
on the application for the transfer of liability of the deposit of
$15.5million belonging to late Engr.Steve Moore in your favor as the
bonafide next of kin to the deceased.

I contacted you in the best of my interest of helping each other and i
hope you will not take advantage of my position by the time the money is
transferred to your bank account.

I have no doubt in my mind that with the already made arrangement and
with your honest and cooperation, we will still achieve the transfer of
this fund into your nominated bank account. Kindly, send me your private
telephone numbers for verbal communications and also your residential
address then give me a call on my private phone number below so that we
can discuss at large.

Nobody knows that i will be giving you the information and documents to
claim this funds(USD15.5m), therefore,You are not suppose to discuss
this transaction with anybody until the funds are deposited with your
bank account, please take note of this. Also bear in mind that i am not
forcing you to assist me in this en devour, this is because this
transaction is of mutual benefits and if you are not willing to assist,i
can't force you, kindly inform me immediately so that i will know the
next line of action, but whatever that need to be done has to be very
fast.

This is my private email, send all your mails to me to this email
address mrhassn.deal_ubn@live.com only

Note: You have to send this necessary information along to my box for
proper documentation and also make a change of beneficiary;

Your full name, Age , Occupation , Phone number / fax , Country /
Address God Bless You.

Best Regards,
Mr. Hassn Ibrahim

Anti-fraud resources: