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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: mohd_aba111@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 03:47:35 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPONSE=20NEEDED?=

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF PETROLUEM RESOURCES (F.M.P.R)
FLOOR 10, NNPC PLAZA, LAGOS NIGERIA.


PRESIDENT/CEO

I am Mr Mohammed Abacha, Chief accounting Officer Federal Ministry of petroleum
Resources (MPR) and a member of Tender Board Committee in charge of contract
review and payment approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable
person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves the transfer
of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of Multinationals
in the Oil industry in favour of Ministry of Petroleum Resources among
which were:

1.The extension of pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil, down stream
products distribution and subsequent evacuation-US$95 Million.

2. Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the various refineries
in the country-
US$52Million.

3. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum products (Depots) US$140Million.

The original values of this contract were deliberately over-invoiced to
the sum of US $12.5million American Dollars, which has now been approved
and is now ready to be transferred.
The companies that actually executed these contracts have been fully paid
and project officially commissioned.

Consequently, I and my partners are willing to transfer this amount to your
account for subsequent disbursement since we are Civil Servants and are
prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Servant Laws) from opening/operating
foreign accounts in our names.Needless to say, the trust posed on you at
this juncture is enormous.

In return, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the transferred sum while
5% shall be set aside for accidental expenses (Internal & External) between
the parties in the course of the transfer. We will mandate you to draw up
an investment plan for us of which you will control since we cannot bring
our shares back to Nigeria. We are very interested in investing in real
estate in your country or any other viable business. You must however note
that this transaction is subjected to the following terms and conditions:

1. Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.

2. That you will treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality
because of the circumstances we now find ourselves.

3. That the funds would be transferred to an account over which you have
absolute control. Modalities have been worked out at the highest level subject
to your satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our
assurance is that your role is 100% risk free.

To accord this transaction, the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the parties involved and the funds, the whole approval procedures will
be officially and legally processed with your name or
the name of your company you may nominate as the Bona fide beneficiary.


Also, be informed that our main reason of contacting you is for the obvious
reason that we will want to invest these funds in the real estate or viable
business.

It is our believe that you can be of immense help in this regards.

Kindly expedite action so as to enable us include this transaction into
this quarter of payment. Please, contact me as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mohammed Abacha.




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