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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: Mr Usman Mushi <kipkalysadia11@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 02:02:58 -0400
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response



Dear Friend,

With due respect to your person andmuch sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I believe that youcan be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr.Usman Mushi, from OuagadougouRepublic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i work in the Africandevelopment Bank as telex manager. I have been searching for your contact sinceyou left our country some years ago.

I do not know whether this is yourcorrect email address or not because I only used your name initials to search foryour contact .In case you are not the person I am supposed to contact, pleasesee this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person butif you are not the intended receiver, do let me know whether you can be ofassistance regarding my proposal below because it is top secret.

I am about to retire from activeBank service to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this particularsecret to a stranger. You must assure me that everything will be handledconfidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life.

It has been 10 years now that mostof the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder money overseasthrough the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which theytransferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that wassupposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisersalways inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also usedthe opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much wastransferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were being closed aftertransfer.

I acted as the Bank Officer to mostof the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed intheir greedy act; I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bankfiles and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them tocontrol. They laundered over $5b Dollars during the process .As I am sendingthis message to you, I was able to divert thirty five million united statedollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the bank. The bankis anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds is because they havemade a lot of profits with the funds.

It is more than Eight years now andmost of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer fundsoverseas. The ($35) Million Dollars has been laying waste but I don't want toretire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enableme share the proceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for meand 40% for you.There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because Isecured everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a bank accountwhere the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any difficulties orlegal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you arecapable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me giveyou a detailed information on what to do.

For me, I have not stolen the moneyfrom anyone because the other people that took the whole money did not face anyproblems. This is my chance also to grab my own but you must keep the detailsof the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank knows about thefunds. Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle thisproject I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmationand acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate, do declareyour consent to me.waiting to hear from you through my private email address,( usmanmushi2018@gmail.com)

Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Usman Mushi


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