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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: chiefjoshua@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:50:06 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?SEE=20THIS=20FOR=20ASSISTANCE=21=21=21=2E?=



REPLY TO:chiefjdariye@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,

How are you doing today? Hope all is well with you and your Family, I also
believed that you will understand my plight and do not abandon my request.
First and foremost let me introduce myself, I am CHIEF JOSHUA DARIYE, Plateau
State Governor of Nigeria.Well let me go striaght to the point why i have
contacted you for assistance, it has become so necessary due to the prevailent
situation in my country at the moment in which i forsee great danger befalling
me and my family if i do not act promptly.

I was portrayed before the entire world by the President of Nigeria Olusegun
Obasanjo(cfr) and the Senate House of Nigeria(highest law making arm in
Nigeria) and also accused of official corruption and gross financial misappropriation
to the tune of over USD20M(TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS)and They also claimed
that my leadership of Plateau State has been the most corrupt in contemporary
Nigeria history.

Investigations has been going on and also a probe is currently being carried
out on my entire accounts/international affairs by the Accountant General
of the Federation and most of my properties and accounts have been confiscated
and the eyes of over 80 million Nigerians including the news media has been
on me since this saga started. I cannot immediately travel abroad nowexcept
for important state matters.

As a result of the above, I need your assistance as i desperately want you
to transfer the sum of USD8.5M(EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
which i deposited into a security firm to your private account for safekeeping
for myself and my family,pending when i can travel down to meet you,but
such a Bank account must be an interest bearing account
with proof that it can accommodate such a huge sum of funds without any
suspicion in your country.

My assurance is that this transcation is 100% RISK FREE AND FAIL PROOF as
terms and benefits of both parties i.e (YOURSELF AND MYSELF) are negotiable
subject to your response.Please endeavor to treat this matter with utmost
urgency and confidentiality it deserves, because of my person and position
in my Government and i will inform you on my perfect modalities when i receive
your positive response on how this funds can be claim by you as my Beneficiary/Next
of kin.PLEASE you can send your respond to my alternative email box:chiefjdariye@yahoo.com.


Faithfully yours,
Chief Joshua Dariye.

NOTE: FOR FURTHER DETAIL VISIT THIS WEBPAGES TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE REASON
WHY I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSACTION.http://allafrica.com/stories/200406020673.html

http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/march2005/21032005/f421032005.htm...








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