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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: "MR LARRUTY COKER" <larrutycoker3000@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: larrutycoker5050@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:12:08 +0100
Subject: Treasury Controller

Treasury Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
Lagos-Nigeria
Dear Sir/madam

I am the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC]
and a close associate of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources.
The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of Eighty Eight millions
Dollars Recovered from over-invoiced contracts involving the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] into several private accounts in Europe and
United States. A total sum of Sixty Eight MILLION US DOLLAS has been transferred
before the Emergence of this present Civilian Administration, leaving the
balance of TWENTY MILLION US DOLLAS. I have made proper arrangement/documentation
to transfer the balance, which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC
with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

We are soliciting that! You help us to receive the fund in trust. We cannot
complete this transaction smoothly without the participation of a foreign
partner who would provide an account where the funds could be lodged. Since
it is a contract payment, the funds must be remitted to a foreign account.
The remittance of the funds requires little documentation. There is no risk
involved on your part in this transaction since the Former Minister and I
have covered this transaction with adequate contract and external credit
documents from the beginning. What we require from you by e-mail are via:

{i} Acceptance letter of this offer
{ii} Your company name/Address and confidential Telephone and fax numbers
{iii} Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and willingness to abide by the
requirements of this proposal paramount of which is CONFIDENTIALITY.

We have agreed that you will retain 30% of the entire TWENTY MILLION US DOLLAS
for your effort in this transaction, 60% for us partners here in Nigeria
and the remaining 10% will be used for defrayal of incidental cost in the
course of this transfer. Please reply urgently by e-mail as we expect that
the transaction will not take more than ten working days. And please note
that this transaction must be top secret. Best
regards,

Mr Laruty Coker
{Treasury Controller NNPC}
Tel:+234-80-2476-2411



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