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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: "Mr. Tunde Lemo" <nnannaotisi@handbag.com>
Reply-To: tunde_lemo63@myway.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:16:34 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam.

Mr. Tunde Lemo.
Email:tunde_lemo63@myway.com
Tel:+234-805-234-9411.

Dear Sir/Madam.
My name is Tunde Lemo, DeputyGovernor,
(Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member Central Bank Of Nigeria).

I and two of my colleagues in the ministry of Aviation
discovered huge sum of USD$30m floating in the
foreign exchange control of the Central Bank Of
Nigeria. We discovered that this was an over-invoiced
value of a contract awarded from the contract awards
committee in the Federal ministry of Aviation during
the defunct military administration in 1998.

These colleagues of mine are now heading this
committee presently in the ministry of aviation and
with their position and mine in the apex bank here, we
unanimously agreed to look for a foreign partner who
can be able to accommodate these huge amount
comfortably and at the the same time maintain absolute
confidentiality of the transaction until we
transferred the fund out of this country. we have only
14 working days to do this. The law in the country
forbids us to operate foreign bank accounts while in
Government service, that is why we implore your
assistance as a foreigner in this regard.

If you are ready, willing and able to work with us, at
the end of the day, we will give you 30% of the total
sum involved,10% will be set aside for any unforeseen
expenses that may arise both locally and
internationally in the course of this transaction.
What will belong to us will be 60% of the total sum
involved.

This is a hitch free deal, as we are top government
officials and we are in the position to destroy all
the documents related to the fund after the
confirmation of the fund in your account. All we need
now is you furnishing us with your bank details from
any country outside Nigeria where taxation will not be
too much. If you have any question on this, please
feel free to contact me through ny personal email address tunde_lemo63@myway.com
or call me on my
directline:+234-805-234-9411.
Best regards,
Mr. Tunde Lemo.
Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member.





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