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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: wah sim <bazile56@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR CORPORATION ATTENTION


DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO OFFICE
COMPLEX IKOYI
LAGOS STATE

I fervently pray that this letter soliciting for your kind assistance will not cause any embarrassment to you. I am aware that we have never seen each other before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal contact or correspondence before. I am also, aware that this world is full of dishonest people but I sincerely hope that my humble letter will touch your kind heart to assist us and give us the opportunity of being future inseparable.

Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) who was a member of Federal Government Delegation to your country during a trade exhibition I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this business.

Within the Ministry of Petroleum Resources where I work as a Director,Project Implementation and with the co-operation of four other top officials,we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling [US$15,000,000.00] which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign company (individ! ual)to receive the 15.Million on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such fund.

The amount represented some percentage of the total contract value executed on behalf of my ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we the officials over-invoiced. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in tune of 15.Million Dollars, which we have in principles gotten the approval to remit, by Telegraphic Transfer (TT) to a foreign account, which you will provide.

These funds were gotten from our deliberate over-invoicing of the contract awarded to GOLDLUCK INCORPORATED of Nevada U.S.A. for the supply of 250,000Monax Turbine polypropylene plant and 15,000 BPSD for the Port-Harcourt Refinery Pipeline Reconstruction and computer Optimization for "A to D" AT Port- Harcourt Since the present government of Nigeria is determined to pay every foreign contractor all debt owed so as to maintain good relati! onship with foreign government and non-governmental financial agencies we have decided to include our bills for approval with the co-operation of some officials from the federation ministry of finance (F.M.F.) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N.). We are seeking your assistance in providing a good companys account or any other offshore bank account into which we can remit this money by acting as our main partner and trustee or acting as the original contractor. This we can do by registering your company with my parastatal the Nigerian !
National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Incorporate it with the corporate affairs commission and we will pay the taxes for the company for the past three years to seem as if the company has been in existence for that long. Note all the documents will be backdated.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction your share will be 30% of the US$15.Million, 60% for us (Officials) and the remaining 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses incurred in the course of the transfer.

This transaction is 100% safe, drug or money laundry free. On your part you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality it deserves. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Kinldy reply back if you are interested and your contact phone and fax for more vibral dicussion.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
M.O.N.
(Member of the Order of the Niger





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