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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: "henry paul" <henry_paul50@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:10:30 +0000
Subject: YOUR COOPERATION IS NEEDED ( URGENTLY)

THE DESK OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
DR. HENRY PAUL HENRY LIQUIDIFIED NATURAL GAS
COMPANY NIGERIA (NLGCN)
LAGOS CENTRAL OFFICE
LAGOS - NIGERIA.
E-MAIL: drhenry_paul@yahoo.com

Dearest

RE: TRANSFER OF USD20,000,000.00 (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)
TO A SAFE ACCOUNT. I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my Capacity
as Chief Accountant and in full agreement with the Auditor General of this
Company (Liquefied Natural Gas Company Nigeria). We scrutinized all records
and he accounts of awarded and executed contracts of this Company
(NLGCN) during the previous Military regimes, since the inception of
democracy in Nigeria and carefully uncovered and mapped out a whooping sum
USD20.M, which we want to transfer to your account as the beneficiary.

This funds valued at USD20.M has been approved for payment by this company
LNGCN, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by the Accountant General
of the Federation) and to be paid by the Bank that sponsored the contract
through the Foreign Exchange Commission under contract number,
LNGCN/FGN/FMF/CBN/FOREX/B2517/99.

As top civil servants, we are not allowed to operate foreign bank
accounts,hence our decision to use your account in full trust and confidence
to transfer this money outside Nigeria.

We have accepted you as our foreign partner and will regularize and update
the approvals to reflect you as true beneficiary of the contract sum USD20.M
(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).Moreover, it is pertinent to note
that it is not
risky and does not require many engagements since we have taken care of the
deal in full capacity.


We have resolved to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. If
you are interested and capable of handling this
deal, please contact me through my private email account for more details of
the transaction.

I am anxiously awaiting your response with hope that you will understand the
confidential nature of this transaction.please your direct telephone and fax
numbers for easy comminication.

(email box(drhenry_paul@yahoo.com)

Best regards.

Dr Henry Paul.
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT (NLGCN


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