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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: "DR.KWAME AGYEMANG" <dragyemang01@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:15:07 +0000
Subject: BEST REGARD

Dear Friend,

A very good day to you,

I am Dr.Clifford Kwame Agyemang, an accountant and auditor '' International
Commercial bank (GH) Limited''. I joined the services of this bank in 1988.I
have been working with this bank for eighteen good years.Within this period
I have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and
government functionaries have been using INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK to
move huge sums of money,US Dollars, Pound Sterling, French France,Euro –
(Cash) to their foreign partners.I got your contact in line with my quest
for a reliable and reputable person/company to handle a very confidential
transaction, which involves transfer of fund to a foreign account.

This said fund (US$21.000.000.00.) Twenty one million United States dollars,
is reportedly made to be a variation and accumulation of equity investment
made in the Ghana Mining corporation in the period of 1983-1986. This
redeemable investment interest, has now matured and has long been cleared
for disbursement but with no apparent knowledge of who the investors are, as
most of the investors then, were corrupt government officials and their
cronies under the obnoxious military regime who used ghost names and
affiliate companies overseas in the transactions, and could not come up for
claims under the present political setting in Ghana.

After due consultative sessions with my colleagues in the account department
at the mining corporation, I discovered that none of them knows about the
funds. So I decided to confiscate the funds and placed it in a escrow
account for safe keeping, awaiting further transfer to a foreign account for
further business ventures. I cannot handle this transaction on my name
because we were not allowed to operate an offshore account while still in
service that is the ethics of the profession. What I need now is a foreign
national who can assist me in the transfer of this fund, and also to help
invest the fund in a risk free venture. if you are willing to assist me in
this transfer, I have agreed to compensate you with a certain ercentage(30%)
of the total sum through mutual negotiations. Your speciality is not a
barrier to this transaction as I have mapped out strategies and mechanism to
effectively actualize this transaction. as a foreigner, you stand a better
position to be presented through documentations as the Beneficiary.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, and I hope to hear from you
soonest,to enable me give you full details of the transactions. And also
remember to maintain absolute confidentiality as any leakage of information
may jeopardize our chance of receiving this money in your account as
planned.

Contact me on tele no: +233-276-190-659. for detailled information bank to
bank fair transaction.

Kindest Regards,
Dr.Clifford Kwame Agyemang.


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