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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: "Lukeman Egobia" <lukemanego5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lukemanego2@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:28:22 -0500
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction.
This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential and top secret.
i got your contact in my private search for a reliable person to
handle this transaction.We shall base this transaction on
mutual respect and honesty
Hence,it is neccessary for you to assure us of your ability
and to prosecute this transaction of great magnitude
involving a pending business
transaction requiring maximum confidence.

we are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel
who are interested in importation
of goods into our country with funds which are presently
trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this business we
solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your
account the said trapped funds.
The source of this fund is as follows: During the past
Military Regimes here in Nigeria, government officials set
up companies and awarded
themselves contract which were grossly over-invoiced in
various Ministries.
As a result, the Democratic Government of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo deemed it neccessary to set up a Contract Review
Panel to investigate and recommend accordingly. After a
thorough investigation, we discovered a lot of
inflated contract funds which are presently floating in the
Central Bank of
Nigeria. We (members) have unanimously agreed to transfer
part of these funds to a foreign account. However, by
virtue of our position as civil servants and members of
this Panel, we cannot acquire this money in our
names. I have therefore, been delegated as a matter of
trust by my colleagues in the Panel to look for an Overseas
partner into whose account
we would transfer the sum of US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US. Dollars).
Adequate logistics and strategies had been worked out to
ensure a successful transfer with your maximum co-
operation. Hence we are writing
you this letter. We have agreed to share the money thus:
30% for the account owner (you)
60% for us (the officials)
10% to be used in settling taxation and all local and
foreign expenses.
We wish to commence the importation business with our own
share, please note that this transaction is 100% safe and
we hope to commence and
conclude the transfer latest in ten (10) banking days from
the date of receipt of the following information through
the above e-mail:
1) Your current tel/fax number,
2) Your name/company name and address.
The above information will enable us write letters of claim
and job description respectively and these will be used to
apply for payment and
re-award the contract.We are looking forward to doing
business with you and
solicit your confidentiality in this transaction. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above
email address. I will bring you into the complete picture
of this project when I have heard from you.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.lukeman egobia
call me on my direct number 234-80-33437675 for more details


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