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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: "Dr.Solomon Nkurumah" <nkurumah@email.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nkurumah1@myway.com
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 02:58:12 +0000
Subject: RE:MESSAGE

Dr.Solomon Nkurumah
Financial Controller & Contract Award Committee
Chairman (ECG)
Email:(nkurumah1@myway.com)
The Executive Director
Dear Sir,

My name is Dr.Solomon Nkurumah the General
overseer of Contract Award Committee/Chairman in the
Electricity Company Of Ghana. (ECG) My colleagues have
assigned me to seek for assistance of a reliable
foreigner through whom we can transfer the sum of
(Fourteen Million US Dollers), which arose from the deliberate
over-inflated contract value for the General expansion
of the Akosonbu Dam Hydro Station through Electricity
Company Of Ghana (ECG)

The contract was awarded in 1998 during the
adminisration of Flight Lt.Jerry John Rawllings to a
foreign firm with the consideration of
10% commission agreement on the total contract. The
contract has been completed and the contractor has
long been paid.We are now left with this Four Million US Dollars
Only (US$14milliom) representing the 10% commission

Presently,the fund in question is floating in BOG's
account waitng for transfer. As a matter of fact,The
Current Political/Economic climate in this
country now creat an enabling atmosphere for execusion
of this porject.

Our contact man in the Ministry of Finance have given
us a go ahead advice to process the release of this
fund, hence we have set in motion the machinery for
the take off of this transaction and further action
will commence immediately we hear from you.

We have agreed that after the transfer of the money
into your account, you shall be entitled to 30% of the
total amount transferred, while the
remaining 70% will be for me and my colleagues.

All we require is your willingness to co-operate and
assurance that our own share will be given to us when
this money is transferred. All necessary precautions
have been taken to ensure a no risk situation on the
sides of both parties and it is believed that the
conclusion of this transaction will not last more than
10 working days.

Please if this proposal is acceptable to you, or if
you have any questions, feel free to contact me
immediately on my private email address: I will oblige
you with further


I am Truly Yours
Dr.Solomon Nkurumah



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