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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 by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Osita Nwajei" <nwajei.osita@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:11:07 +0200
Subject: Good news on your fund recovery


*Attn: Sir/Madam*

*Presently, we have a victim whose your identity (past email
correspondence) was found with him and is currently under our detention to
be
judge after one week time from now at the Federal High Court of Justice
before he will be finally sentenced to jail.

So far, the total money discovered in his account was US$1,500,000.00
(One Milion, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) all from scam scheme. The
account has been frozen up.

Hence, all what we are waiting for is for you to urgently provide us
with an international withdrawal draft certifcate as a foreigner to
enable me withdraw the said amount you have lost in the past back to you or
altanatively, you must be a Union Bank of Nigeria Depositor (customer)
to allow urgent remmittance of fund be made into your local account for
direct wire transfer to your international bank account in your
country. For more information about this, please contact me immediately for
urgent advise (Please include your mobile phone number and fax).

We shall remit it back to you as soon as possible once we have receive
a confirmation from you on how much exactly you have lost to him and
some little history of how it all started. The certificate can only be
obtainable from us (EFCC) with a stipulated official fees. This is all
you are required to do in all and the whole of your lost monies will be
remitted back to you since we are trying all our best possible to redeem
back the good image, glory and pride of our country Nigeria.

Your refusal to co-operate with us, means you are not ready to re-gain back
your lost monies or we will presume that you are not the rightful victim
therefore,we will not be held in negligence or derail of duty for the
failure to recover your lost funds.

It on record that this commission has recovered and returned to the rightful
owners, looted and duped funds locally and international governemnt agecies
inclusive, Recently was the return of $180m duped a brazilian bank (banco
brazil) and one gentle man from U.S.A to re-gain back his lost monies of
US$75,000 all because they listened to us and follow up our instructions.
Send your response directly to the office of the chairman economic &
financial crimes commission: **ef_cc_ng@yahoo.com* <ef_cc_ng@yahoo.com>*

Thanks in Hand.

OSITA NWAJEI.(for)
THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN.
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.*

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