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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: "BLESSING HARRIS" <hariss@nepangonline.com>
Reply-To: j111edward@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:28:56 +0000
Subject: URHENT,,

Mr. James Edward.
Lagos-Nigeria.
Reply only to:j111edward@yahoo.co.in

ATTN: Assist Please,

I am Mr.James Edward, the assistant chairman foreign
contractors award committee of Nigeria National
Petroleum Cooperation [NNPC].

In the fiscal year 2002, there was a contract awarded
to Julius Berger Constructions Company, by NNPC, this
contract was to supply and service oil and gas
pipelines in all NNPC refineries in the country.

The said contract has been executed last 2003 and the
said contractor paid, but my good office used it
little contacts in the firm to over invoice the said
contract to the sum of Twenty five million dollars
[25million dollars].

My office cannot collect the money as the contract was
awarded to a foreign company and thereby the money
must be collected by a foreigner, please i am
soliciting you to help in claiming the money as i have
every vital documents to back you up the money on your
behalf as the rightful owner.

Once you indicates your willingness to help, i will
hire a lawyer that will go to the federal high court
here to obtain a certificate of change of ownership
of the money in Your name, a copy will be sent to you
and to the apex bank JP MORGAN BANK NEW YORK [U.S.A],
hence JP MORGAN BANK will
contact you as the rightful beneficiary of the said
amount for payment.

For your good help you will get 40% of the total
contract value while 60% will
come back to me.

Thanks for your understanding and help.

Thanks once again,

Mr. James Edward



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