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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: ka.naiyeju@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:07:57 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FUND=20TRANSFER=2E=2E?=

OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO-ROCK VILLA, GARKI ABUJA, FCT



ATTENTION

RE: REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $200,000,000.00 INTO YOUR
PRIVATE/COMPANIES ACCOUNT

I approach you most honorably today for a mutual business
transaction. I
am Dr. Kayode Naiyeju, the Accountant -General of the
Federal Republic of
Nigeria. I have been given the opportunity to be appointed
the Accountant-General
after several years of active service.

Now by virtue of my present office and position, it is an
opportunity for
me to have a share of the huge oil money which many top
military personnel
of the past regimes had used my predecessors in the past to
achieve their
personal interest without any benefit towards them.

Following this development, I now have an accord with a top
officer of the
Finance Ministry to remit the sum of US $200, 000,000.00
(Two Hundred Million
United State Dollars) to your nominated account, hence we as
Civil Servants
do not have the right to acquire foreign account while in
service. I therefore
request you to kindly allocate any account of your choice
with all necessary
particulars to enable me to forward it to the Central Bank
of Nigeria for
onward release of fund transfer approvals in your favour, we
have ten working
days to conclude this deal on commencement, and I shall join
you at the
account base for sharing and further discussion on my
investment plan in
your country.

We shall negotiate your percentage share on reply of this
mail for your
anticipated contribution in making this transaction a
success. Do not hesitate
to comment where you do not understand.

ON SECURITY:

To ensure maximum security all correspondences shall be by
E-mail and strictly
confidential.

Please protect my position in my country by keeping
everything secret until
funds in question leave our foreign reserve account.

Finally I assure you of a 100% thorough, risk free, and
hitch free transaction.

CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST BY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF SENDIND ME AN
EMAIL To {kayode_naiyeju22@hotmail.com}.


YOURS FAITHFULLY



DR KAYODE NAIYEJU



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