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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: steve_adeniyi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 00:09:09 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20Concern=20Please=2E?=

DEAR SIR,

I WRITE TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE TO ACQUIRE ESTATES OR LANDED PROPERTESIN
YOUR COUNTRY ON THE BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS AND FINANCE ALLOCATIONS
OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN NIGERIA.

CONSIDERING HIS VERY STRATEGIC AND INFLUENCIAL POSITION, HE WOULD WANT THE
TRANSACTION TO BE AS STRICTLY CONFIDENCIAL AS POSSIBLE.HE FURTHER WANTS
HIS INDENTITY TO REMAIN UNDISCLOSED AT LEAST FOR NOW,UNTIL THE COMPLETION
OF THE TRANSACTION.HENCE OUR DESIRE TO HAVE AN OVERSEA AGENT.I HAVE THEREFORE
BEEN DIRECTED TO INQUIRE IF YOU WOULD AGREE TO ACT AS OUR OVERSEA AGENT
IN ORDER TO ACTUALIZE THIS TRANSACTION.

THE DEAL,IN BRIEF IS THAT THE FUNDS WITH WHICH WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT OUR
PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY IS PRESENTLY IN CODED ACCOUNT AT THE
NIGERIAN APEX BANK(CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA)AND WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO
MOVE THE FUNDS TO YOUR COUNTRY IN A CONVENIENT BANK ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE
PROVIDED BY YOU BEFORE WE CAN PUT THE FUNDS INTO USE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

FOR THIS, YOU SHALL BE CONSIDERD TO HAVE EXECUTED A COUNTRACT FOR THE FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING IN NIGERIA FOR WHICH PAYMENT SHOULD BE EFFECTED
TO YOU BY THE MINISTRY,THE COUNTRACT SUM OF WHICH SHALL RUN INTO US$38.5MILLION(THIRTY
EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) OF WHICH YOUR SHARE SHALL BE
20%IF YOU AGREE TO BE OUR OVERSEA AGENT.

AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS EFFECTED,AND THE AMOUNT MENTIONED ABOVE IS SUCCESSFULLY
TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,WE INTEND TO USE OUR SHARE IN ACQUIRING SOME
ESTATES AND SETTING UP TRUST ACCOUNTS ABROAD. FOR THIS TOO YOU SHALL ALSO
SERVE AS AGENT.

IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FORWARD TO ME THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:-
(1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS IF ANY.(2) YOUR PERSONAL PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.YOU ARE REQUESTED TO COMMUNICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE
OF THIS PROPOSAL THROUGH MY ABOVE STATED EMAIL AFTER WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS
IN DETAILS THE MODALITIES FOR SEEING THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.

YOUR QUICK RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATION
OF YOUR COOPERATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. STEPHEN ADENIYI.





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