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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: "Young Odede" <odede_young@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: young_odede01@nyc.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:13:32 +0000
Subject: Chairman,Contract Award & Verification Panel

FROM THE DESK OF
MR YOUNG ODEDE NNPC

CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am MR YOUNG ODEDE Chairman of Contract Award and Verification Panel setup
by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I got your contact
from the Nigeria Chamber of Commerce And Industries,and after thorough enquiries
and deliberations,I and my colleagues decided to contact you for a very
confidential business transaction of mutual benefit. During our verification
exercise, we came across an over-invoiced contract(Contract No: NNPC/PED/1473/01).
This contract was awarded in July,2001and completed in August, 2002 and
the original contractor has since been paid his contract sum leaving the
over-invoiced sum of US$5.5m( Five Million,Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) This amount have been left floating in our account with
the Central Bank of Nigeria, until our recent discovery.

My colleagues and I have decided to seek for the assistance of a reliable
foreign partner into whose account the fund will be transferred into for
our own use. If this proposal is acceptable to you, a Deed of Transfer of
the above contract will be obtained on your behalf, to empower you as the
legal beneficiary of the contract and the sum to be transferred. All necessary
and relevant documents will be procured for the release and transfer of
the fund into your nominated account. An application for foreign exchange
allocation will be made on your behalf from my office to the federal ministry
of finance (FMF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) for the subsequent
release and transfer of the fund into your nominated account. Be informed
that we are working in collaboration with top officials of the federal ministry
of finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)who will assist us in the
transfer of the fund. With your cooperation the success of this transaction
is guaranteed.

We have agreed to compensate you with 25% of the total sum and , 70% will
befor me and my colleagues here ,while the remaining 5%have been mapped-out
for miscellaneous expensesthat might be incurred by both parties during
the course of thistransaction. Allthings being equal, this transaction will
be concluded within 14working days upon the day of receipt of your response.You
are required to fax us your nominated bank account details and your direct
telephone and fax numbers. Please treat this transaction with top priority
and remember to keep it as confidential as possible As soon as we receive
your response, more details about how to proceed will be given to you. We
await your prompt response.

Best Regards,
Mr. Young Odede
Chairman,Contract Award & Verification Panel



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