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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: "jah ossy" <ossyjah@msn.com>
Reply-To: ossyjah2000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:50:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO,

DEAR. THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY
QUEST TO GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS
TRANSACTION. I AM ENGR. OSSY CLARK JAH, A DIRECTOR WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED
NATURAL GAS (NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 12,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS
WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

THE MONEY ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A
CIVIL SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I
WILL OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE
THIS FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR
TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE
BUSINESS WOMAN-MRS. KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE
NUMBER:81-9085437498.WHEN THE MONEY WAS EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK
ACCOUNT IN JAPAN,SHE
SUPRISINGLY SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE.

HENCE, DUE TO THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY
IS OF HIGH DEMAND. HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE
REQUIRED TO REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS
EMAIL. ADDRESS:OSSYJAH2007@YAHOO.COM,

YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER,
PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.

THANKS.YOURS TRULY,

BEST REGARDS,

ENGR. OSSY CLARK JAH


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