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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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Some comments about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: davegodwin godwin <davegodwin17@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dave353500@excite.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:21:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: OCEANIC BANK NIGERIA PLC


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: davegodwin17@yahoo.com

OCEANIC BANK NIGERIA PLC


HEADQUARTERS ANNEX


OZUMBA MBADIWE VICTORIA ISLAND


LAGOS - NIGERIA


EMAIL: dave353500@excite.com


I am Mr. dave godwin of the bills and exchange at the


foreign remitance department of Oceanic Bank Nig. PLC.


I am offering this proposal to solicite your support


and co-operation to carry out this urgent business


transaction.


Precisely on the 22nd of october,2005. A very


prominent client of ours, the first lady of the


Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Mrs Stella


Obansanjo passed away while undergoing surgery in


Spain. Before her death, I personally managed several


accounts for her including those for her pet project


Child Care Trust [C.C.T] . During an internal


investigation conducted by her lawyer and myself we


discovered an abandoned sum of money $28.5 (Twenty


Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars Only).



Since her demise, Nobody has approached the bank to


claim the money because she did not indicate anyone as


her next of kin and besides the details of the account


are still being kept secret by myself and the


lawyer,who incidentally is the only signatory to the


account. In line with this present scenario, I have


decided to contact you on behalf of the lawyer to


release the money to you for safe keeping. We have


agreed that you can have 30% of the money as a foreign


partner thereafter we will visit your country for


disbursement according to the percentage indicated.


As soon as I hear from you, I will have the Lawyer


swing into action by obtaining all relevant documents


to ensure smooth free transaction, as all documents


would be legalised to soothe the purpose and effect


change of ownership, including affidavit of claim and


letter of administration, and thereafter, we will move


all legal and transfer documents to our offshore


clearing house in Madrid Spain, where the money would


be paid to your account, because as she has made it in


her account documents funds would be paid through the


bank in Spain. Details of the bank will be made


available to you as soon as we finalised all the legal


requirements here in Nigeria.


Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of


ownership, the details of your bank account


information is needed, telephone and fax numbers


including your company name and address and other


relevant informations are needed Urgently. The lawyer


will take care of all legal documents involved while I


on my part will ensure the speedy transfer of the


funds to you. Please your reply is urgently required


as we have less than four months before the internal


auditors begin their investigations. You can contact


me through this email address


( dave353500@excite.com)


Hope to hear from


you soonest.


Mr. dave godwin

- davegodwin godwin


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