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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: "Alhaji Musa Agbor" <musaagbor@katamail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:42:31 +0100
Subject: Representative needed urgently

My Dear Friend,
I am Alhaji Musa Agbor,Chairman Foreign Contract Reconciliation Committee, here in Nigeria, formed by the Present Government to look into Contractor’s payment and make sure that each and everyone of them that has his or her complete documents receive their payment.
Right now there is a file on my table with an amount of USD$9.6M (Nine MILLION Six HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS), which no contractor has ever come to claim, with contract number /PED/043/FMW&H/WR-PH/97 but after all investigations, we found out that it was the handiwork of some officials
Of the Central Bank of Nigeria that connived with their foreign counterpart to claim the fund for their own interest.
But Unfortunately for them they where not able to conclude the transaction before some of them were sacked and somewhere Retired because of their fraudulent attitude in the bank. Meanwhile, as the Chairman of this committee, I and my Personal Assistant are the only people that knows about this file, and Now I am looking for a Foreign partner who can help us receive the FUND in his or her account Overseas so that we can Change the important documents on his/her name to enable us transfer the fund in his/her account as the owner of the fund because as a Civil servant I am not authorised to operate a foreign account.
SO if you can assist me in this Transaction the sharing goes as
FOLLOWS:
30% is for you, as the owner of the account.
60% is for me and my personal Assistant as the principal actors.
10% is for unforeseen expenses in the course of the transaction.
Dear friend, if you are interested don’t hesitate to get back to me as soon as possible so as to discuss on how to make the Changes on the Documents, definitely within 14working days from the day of the Changes, the money will be in your account. Your quick reply is urgently needed.
Thanks and God bless.
Yours faithfully,
Alhaji Musa Agbor (COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.FCRC)


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