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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: usmanahmed2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:50:49 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ENGR=2E=20GREGORY=20EUBANK=20=28urgent=29?=

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK OF
SENATOR USMAN AHMED
THE CHAIRMAN SENATE
CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
TEL: 234 8033 814 999
E-MAIL: senate@outgun.com


ATTN: Sir/Madam,

Complement of the day. I contact you out of
desperation to move some funds safely to your
account/country for disbursement/investment on behalf
of members of this committee as the case may be.
I am Senator Usman Ahmed, a senator in Nigerian upper
house of National Assembly and also the chairman
SENATE CONTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE. My colleagues and I
in this committee have just discovered that a foreign
contractor by name Engr.Gregory Eubank whose company
GEOBATH OIL SERVICES LIMITED was contracted for the
TURN AROUND MAINTENANCE (TAM) of the three major
Nigerian Refineries at the total cost of (USD$
113,000,000) one hundred and thirteen million United
states dollars only in 1987 executed this contract
fully and was paid the first installment of his
contract sum (USD$ 51,500,000,00) fifty-one million
five hundred thousand United states dollars in 1989
few months after completion of this contract and the
second installment of (USD$30,000 000) thirty million
United states dollars paid in 1993.
On assumption of office by this committee since 2003
for the review and payment of contractors for contract
awarded and executed, our effort for months to locate
and contact Engr. Gregory Eubank or GEOBATH OIL
SERVICES LIMITED whose name and company appeared on
the list of foreign contractors to be paid could not
be actualized for the claim of the remaining
(USD$31,500 000.00) thirty-one million five hundred
thousand united states dollars.
Regarding this situation my colleagues and I decided
that this fund be transferred to a foreign account for
security reasons since top Government personnel here
are not allowed to operate foreign accounts and for
our disbursement/investment as the case may be, at the
conclussion of this transaction. In view of this, I
Senator Usman Ahmed on behalf of my colleagues ask for
your assistance and understanding in the transfer of
this fund to your account/country. Thirty percent
(30%) of the total amount has been set aside for you
as remuneration at the conclussion of this
transaction.We await your urgent reply with telephone
and fax numbers for easier communication and further
information.

Yours Faithfully
Senator Usman Ahmed
(for the committee)



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