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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: ibrah_muktar2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:51:44 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASSISTANCE=20REQUIRED=20FOR=20THE=20ACQUISITION=20OF=20REAL=20ESTATE?=

ATTN:SIR/MADAM

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE



I write to inform of my desire to acquire estates or Landed properties
in your country on behalf of the Director of Contract and Finance Allocations
of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria.

Considering his very strategic and influential position,he want the transaction
to be strictly confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to
remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of transaction.
Hence our desire to have an overseas agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as
our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. The deal in
brief is that the funds with which we intend to carry out our proposed
investments in your country is presently in a coded account at the Nigeria
Apex bank (Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your assist ance to transfer
the funds to your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided
by you before we can put the funds into use in your country.

For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the federal
ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should be effected
to you by the Ministry.
The contract sum of which shall run into USD$43Million (Forty Three Million
Dollars)of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas
agent.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully
transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring
some estates and setting up trust accounts abroad. For this too you shall
also serve as our agent.

In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following information's:

1. Your company name and address if any.
2. Your personal fax number.
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through
my cell phone number 234-802-8469176 or this email address:ibrahmuktar2@voila.fr


After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this
transaction through.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
DR. IBRAHIM MUKTAR







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