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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: "frank itua" <frank@frankitua.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:12:20 +0000
Subject: i await your response

ENGR.FRANK ITUA
WEST AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY
P.M.B.1171 FALOMO,
IKOYI LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Reply to:This mail box or frank_itua2000@yahoo.co.in
BUSINESS PROPOSAL AND INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP OF(U25,500,000.00
DOLLARS)


Dear Sir,

First, I must Solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction,this
is by virtue of it?s nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret
as you were introduced to me in confidence through the Nigerian
Chambers
of Commerce, Foreign Trade Division.

I am Engr. frank itua, the Foreign Liaison Officer of the board of
trustee
of Relief West Africa Agency(R.W.A). We were empowered to administer a
trust
fund of well over five hundred million United States dollars
(US$500,000,000M)
for the provision of relief materials to troubled areas in the West
African
Sub-region and her environs.

My group recently agreed, unanimously to transfer TWENTY FIVE Million,
five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (
US$25,500,000.00)
into a foreign based account to complement our effort and benefits and
I
have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues on
board
to look for an overseas partner to whom we could transfer the sum
US$25,500,000.00
legally subcontracting the entitlement to your company. This is based
on
the fact that our civil service code of conduct forbids us from owning
foreign
company or running private foreign account while in government service.


The simple mode of the transaction will be just for us to apply for the
release of the funds to you or to your company for welfare materials
purportedly
supplied. We shall arrange all paper work and get approval for the
release
of the funds with documentary evidence of the communities and people in
Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Rwanda, chad, Zaire and congo, who
have
all benefited from the materials purportedly supplied by You early last
year. We have all records of purchases and supplies.

My group is very much ready to effecting the remittance of the fund
into
a well secured or corporate foreign account(individual or corporate)
operated
by a trust worthy person, as all logistics are already in place and all
modalities worked out for the smooth conclusion of the transaction
within
seven to ten working days upon commencement on receipt of your company
name,
address, company?s details & activities & your direct confidential
telephone
and fax line for correspondence.

These information will enable us make the necessary applications and
lodge
claims to the concerned authorities in favour of your company and it is
pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on
trust
as we wish to commence an importation business of agro-allied
machineries
in conjunction with you.

Your assistance or partnership will certainly be rewarded with a 25%
share
ratio of the total sum of US$25,500,000.00). We shall have 70%, While
5%
will be used to reimburse both parties for any expenses incurred in the
course of consummating this deal.
It is important to state here,that no risk of any sort is involved, now
or in future since both parties will be protected by a legally signed
agreement.
Please, note that an invoice shall be raised to meet the cost of
materials
purportedly supplied by You to the tune of US$25,500,000.00 and
forwarded
to the office of the Chief Accountant of Relief West Africa Agency
after
the final approval has been given by me for payment.

The materials are cloths of various kinds (children & Adults), rice,
soya
beans, milk,sugar, ort salt, drugs, blankets, footwears, boots, syringe
and needles, epz vaccines, tarpuline tents, e.t.c.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter via e -:mail;To this mail box
or
frank_itua2000@yahoo.co.in
Yours Truly,
Engr.frank itua


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