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: "jamesobi1960@terra.es" <jamesobi1960@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:24:49 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Desk Of Mr. Jmaes Obi



From The Desk Of Mr. Jmaes Obi
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel/Public debt committee
On Foreign Contract Payments Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Attn: Sir/Madam

I am Mr. Jmaes Obi the chairman of Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel,
on Foreign ContractAwards And Payment Recommendation. This panel is set
up and empowered by three factors; The President Of Nigeria,Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, Members of G-34 and the Honourable Members of the
Judicial Panel, to review and subsequently recommend for payments all duly
executed contracts awarded to foreign contractors between 1979 - 2004
fiscal year. Precisely five months back,we discovered an over-invoiced
contract sum to the tone of One Hundred Million United States Dollars
(USD$100,000,000.00).We further traced the origin of this sum and thus,found
out that it was delibrately over-invoiced by then Contract Awarding
Committee before they were dissolved. As it stands now,we are very
confident that the government has no knowledge of this sum,neither does the
dissolved committee have access to the said sum again.We still have
almost one year to conclude and it is only then that we shall give official
reports and probably refer this over-invoiced contract sum back to the
federal government,s purse.

It is in the light of this that my colleagues and myself decided to
confidently contact you urgently so that we could perfectly present you or
your company as one of the foreign contractors that executed contract
for the Nigerian government, and we shall recommend only $10 Million
United States Dollars (USD$10,000,000.00) to be delivered to you live in
your country by DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE WHOM WE HAVE ARRANGED WITH TO
DELIVER THIS MONEY CASH TO YOU in your country or any other country you
may want the diplomatic courier company deliver the money sealed
package to you., thereafter we shall refer back to the government=3DB4s purse
the balance of NINETY Million Dollars (USD$90,000,000.00). We Have
carefully worked out the strategies to secure all the necessary DOCUMENTS
in your name and there is no room for failure,BECAUSE, we are still at
the head of Contract Review And PaymentS Recommendation,
and it is only our reports that counts.


If we have understood ourselves and believed with trust that we could
do this DEAL together and move this sum of TEN Million
Dollars(USD$10,000,000.00) TO YOU, then forward to us urgently the following;

1. Your full name
2. your confidential address
3. the nearest airport nearest to you
4. Telephone and fax numbers.

We shall further discuss and agreed on the percentage sharing as soon
as we hear from you affirmatively.note that we have closed every track
that might lead to any trace of this fund.

Sincerely,

Mr. Jmaes Obi CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC DEBT COMMITTEE/foreign payments
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel, On Foreign Contract Review
And Payment Recommendations, Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

We awaits for your reply through (jamesobi0017@yahoo.fr)
information will be passed over as soon as we open communication

THANKS AND GOD BLESS,
Mr. Jmaes Obi







Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, r&aacute;pido, fiable.





Anti-fraud resources: