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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: ogbe202 <ogbe202@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:50:46 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!!!!



Dear friend,
MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if
it might offend you without your prior consent .

I am Engineer. Ogbe Audu, the chairman of the Contract Award
Committee (CAC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
I will like if you or your company can act as the beneficiary of the
USD41,500,000.00 (Forty One Million Five hundred thousand United States
Dollars only) Which we intend to transfer into a foreign
account.

This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by
us for the TURN AROUND MAINTENANCE (TAM) of our Refineries in WARRI,
PORT-HARCOURT and KADUNA and also the Supply of hard/softwares,pharmaceuticals/medical
items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and other administrative logistics for
the NNPC.

Therefore, we have resolved to go into partnership with you to transfer
the sum of US$41.5m into your account, While we must carry out proper
documentation to ensure that this is risk-free for you and all the legal
requirements are met. It is however agreed, as the account owner in this
deal to allow you 30%of the entire sum as compensation, 60% will be held
on trust for us while 10% will be used to defray any incidental charges
and costs during the course of the transaction.

This transaction will be successfully concluded withing 14 Bank Working
days. If you accord to us your unalloyed and due cooperation.
As we are still civil servants in active service and are bounded by the
civil service commission acts of Nigeria. This acts Prohibits Civil Servants (like
us) from owning/operating foreign accounts. This is the only reason we
contacted you and why you come into this transaction.

Finally, I wish to assure you that all the machinery and logistics that
will ensure a successful and smooth transfer have been put in place.
Since we are going to use our connections in the Federal Ministry of
Finance (FMF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to effect the immediate
transfer of the funds.

Please endeavor to reply for a more detailed information.
Please,provide YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBER AND YOUR FULL NAMES
AND ADRESSES to enable me contact you for further discussion on this matter.
Please advise in your return e-mail if any time is confidential enough
to call you, Looking forward to hearing from you.
If your are really intrested in this proposal Reply to my private email
address: ogbe_audu202@walla.com
I anticipate your urgent response.
Engineer.Ogbe Audu.
I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


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