joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Fraud email example:

From: kayode_williams@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:18:32 +0100
Subject: good day

Dear Freind,
First, I must apologise to you for using this medium to communicate to you
about this project.

I am a highly placed official of the Government of Nigeria and also a founding
member of the ruling party in Power now,the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

My committee - The Niger Delta Development Corporation(NDDC)-which is in
charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues
for the Nigerian government which covers payment to foreign and local contractors
who has executed contracts for our country.The revenues under our control
runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly. Myself and other
colleagues in the NDDC are currently in need of a foreign partner with whose
bank account we shall transfer the sum of Forty Nine Million, Five hundred
Thosand United States Dollars($49.5m).This fund was accrued from various
over invoicing of foreign contractors payments made over the years.

The Total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN
INDEPENDENT REVENUE account number 400-939134 with J.P.MORGAN CHASE BANK,New
York.You can do your independent verification of this.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the
NDDC, we cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top civil
servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank accounts
outside our country for now.

I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues,to look for
an overseas partner in whose account we would transfer the fund.
Hence the reason for this mail.We shall be Transferring the money to your
account with your company as the beneficiary and you are been paid for a
contract which you executed for our country through the NDDC and any
other Federal Ministry that we decide to use to siphon the funds .

For your support and partnership,please reply me to negotiate your fees
or the percentage you wish to be paid when the funds arrive your bank account.

You must however note that this transaction, with
regards to our disposition to continue with you, is subject to these terms.
Firstly, our conviction of your transparency,Secondly that you treat this
transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Finally and above all,
that you will provide an account that you have absolute control over.

The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or
legal disadvantages either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future
as we have put in place perfect machineries that will ensure
a hitch free transfer into your account upon acceptance.

The transfer will be effected to your account within ten-fourteen (10-14)
working days as soon as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a
suitable bank account and company name and address with all
your contact numbers including fax number.

I am looking forward to doing business with you and do solicit your confidentiality
in this transaction, Please mail your response to :kayodewilliams@velocall.com
Yours faithfully,
KAYODE WILLIAMS.




__________________________________________________________________
Tiscali Adsl 2 Mega Free: l'adsl piu' veloce e' gratis!
Naviga libero dai costi fissi con Tiscali Adsl 2 Mega Free, l'adsl Free
piu' veloce in Italia. In piu', se ti abboni entro il 13 dicembre 2004,
navighi gratis fino al 31 marzo 2005 e non paghi il costo di adesione.
http://abbonati.tiscali.it/adsl/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam