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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: "peter dpr" <peter@teamdpr.net>
Reply-To: paoteamdpr@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:22:19 +0000
Subject: peter

I AM MR. PETER A. OKEKE
PROJECT DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (DPR)
IKOYI LAGOS- NIGERIA
E-MAIL: paoteamdpr@yahoo.co.in

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF TWENTY SEVEN MILLION,US DOLLARS

(US$27M) TO

YOUR ACCOUNT.

Your contact address got to me via export promotions council, your

reliability and trustworthiness in business transaction was the main

conviction that compelled me to solicit for your support in this deal.

I am the Project Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR)

Lagos, Nigeria and secretary to the Contract Award Committee of my

Ministry,In collaboration with my colleagues, we have agreed to
transfer

out of the Country through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) some amount
and

we will later reinvest it abroad after the success of
this transaction.

The amount involved is Twenty Seven Million, USDollar

(US$27,000,000.00).

This is as a result of over inflated amount of a contract,The contract

has been already executed and the original contractor had collected his

full and final payment.

Base on our status as senior government officials in top sensitive

position of trust, we cannot stand to claim this money ourselves,hence,

I decided to contact you.

Accordingly, I have consulted and held meetings with some key officials

of the corporation, Federal Ministry of Finance and Central Bank of

Nigeria and we decided to involve a gentle, honest trustworthy and

competent partner overseas who could provide two units of KTT
COMPUTERONIC DISKETTE SMDB 3000 STORAGE FACILITY, CAPACITOR

1190.

This is special in built diskette with its own software for transfering

money worldwide, This is not an ordinary floppy diskette, but made for

automatic machine for money transfer.

All modalities for this transfer have been fully worked out, we have

already secured a preliminary order to effect this payment.

We now require from you your BANKING PARTICULARS where this money will

be lodged into and the Beneficiaries name, It could be personal or

corporate,MOST CONFIDENTIAL FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS,for

smooth

transfer of this money into your bank account.

These information will enable us put APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the
release of this money from concerned Government Agencies and it will

last for 14-21 working days.

For your assistance we have agreed to give 20% to you, 70% for us and

10% for any miscellaneous expenses in getting the diskette.
The business is 100% safe on your part, but you have to keep it very

CONFIDENTIAL.

Do not inform your bankers yet unless instructed by us. also,
your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and

hope that you will not dissapoint me, do send reply to indicate your

willingness in assisting us so that I will direct you on what next to
do.

Please do include your direct telephone/Fax numbers upon your
response.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance
Yours Sincerely,

Best regards,

Mr. Peter A. Okeke

PLEASE FORWARD ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THIS
E-MAIL;paoteamdpr@yahoo.co.in, peteraokeke@rexian.com


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