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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: ahmed2005@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:09:32 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
MINISTRY OF WORKS & HOUSING
PLOT 2 ELEPHANT HOUSE,
GARKI ABUJA, NIGERIA
Dear Sir,
ESTATE ACQUISITION
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and
Finance Allocations of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in
Nigeria. Considering his very strategic and influential position, he
would want the transaction to be as strictly confidential as possible.
He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now,
untill the completion of the 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 Nigerian Apex Bank
(i.e. the Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your assistance 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 US$26.4 Million,of which your share shall be 25% 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
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:
1. Your company name and address
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 above stated email address 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,
Engr. Ahmed Danjuma.


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