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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: "profcharles_cenbank@ommail.com" <profcharles_cenbank@ommail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:34:09 -0500
Subject: PAYMENT CONFIRMATION ORDER

RE: CONTRACT PAYMENT CONFIRMATION ORDER

I am compelled to write you in respect of your contract fund
remittance, which transfer has remained unsuccessful. I am
very sure that you must have lost hope of ever getting
your fund transfer released especially after all the
frustrations, endless disappointment and broken promises in
the hands of some officials. However, I am writing you
because i am familiar with the history of this fund
release.my privileged knowledge and acquanintance with this
payment issue is due to my closeness and association with
the
immediate past Governor of the central bank of nigeria ,Dr
Joseph Sanusi, who i worked with from 1999 until his
voluntary retirement in may last year and in addition to the
current position which i still maintain within the Bank.


Briefly, I am quite sure that you must be wondering the
reason behind the non-release of your contract fund after
our Government officially granted approval for its
remittance. I may also believe that you would have received
countless, unconfirmed and spurious payment Advices and
remittance instuctions from some officials indicating that
they have granted approval for the transfer of your fund.
You may have also been directed to visit different cities
and countries with the instuction that your fund would be
releaseed at such payment post or that your fund could be
delivered to you at your residence.All these are cooked up
stories from impostors who wish to extort money from you
while they do not have any knowledge of the true position of
your fund transfer.

Meanwhile, i would like you to note the following.

(1)Our government has granted irrevocable payment approval
for your fund remittance.

(2) Official release of this fund according to the record
from the office of the accountant General of the Federation
and Ministry of Finance have been duly effected and
documented.

(3) Your fund is presently being held at the HSBC bank
international Ltd.(details available with me).In view of
this get to FORWARD YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS,YOUR
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT/DRIVING LICENCE for the application
of your fund transfer from the Correspondence Bank to your
destination bank

However for the avoidance of doubt, the reason for the
non-release of the fund by the Correspondence Bank is due to
the fact that the Bank has not received any direct
instuction about the beneficiary of the outstanding amount
as the fund is still being held in the name of the original
contractor, ELBLAN IND.S.A. LUXEMBOURG,(details availble
with me), in view of the non provision of a proof of
ownership of the fund.

The original contractors in collaboration with a top
official of the Trade & Exchange depatment of the central
bank has been rolling the fund with the Foreign Bank and the
interst is shared amongst the officials.Note that from my
record as a sub contractor your outstanding contract
payment is US$96.5M(Ninety Six Million,Five Hundred United
States Dollars).

I await your swift response.

Regards,

PROF.CHARLES CHUKWUEMEKA SOLUDO
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR - CORPORATE SERVICES
(CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE)
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
CBN HEADQUARTERS:ZARIA STREET P.M.B 0187
GARKI ABUJA.



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