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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: National tender board <fedntbc_presidency@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:28:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR FUNDS




Nigeria
THE PRESIDENCY
Office of the Chairman, National Tender Board Commitee

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Nigeria
EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN RELIEF & FISCAL POLICY
http/: www.nopa.net





ATTENTION: VICTIMNAME

SUBJECT: INUAGURATION VERSION FOR THE LAST QUATER OF THE FISCAL YEAR-BLUE PRINT FOR A NEW DEAL FOR NIGERIA FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE PRESIDENCY ON FOREIGN /LOCAL CONTRACT DEBT PAYMENT ON INHERITANCE .

SUBJECT: PAYMENT OF FUNDS
Your payment file had been presented to this office by the Uppersenate Senate Committee of the federal house(PRESIDENCY)to authenticate your account and thereafter effect the transfer.Also this office was made to understand that some unscrupulous individuals have been parading themselves as legal attorneys or accredited to CBN and other governmental agencies inclusively,EFCC thereby diverting your interest and attention away from your payment.

With this however, I state to inform you and urge you to contact THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,PROF,Charles Soludo through his direct Email: cenbank_nig@cashflowmail.com for your payment as we will not welcome any second party and for you to know the direction you may be heading to,as that may be an opportunity for these impostors to achieve their aim by extorting your hard earned money and to divert your fund at the end after you must have given them what they need/informations.

As we are now into a Democratic dispensation,it's your great opportunity to focus your sense of direction towards achieving your goal by getting hold of your funds since after the execution of the contract vide Inheritance also you're to reconfirm your TELEPHONE/FAX LINE FOR CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS,INCLUDE YOUR RECIEVING BANK DETAILS as most of your vital informations might have been tampered with. Below is the SWISS BANK ACCOUNT as presented by some individuals(lawyer) as we sence fraud based on the earlier account that was presented.
We were also made to understand by some arrested fraudstars that they intended to issue you a fake draft.
U B S AG,BASEL
AESCHENVORSTANDT 1
CH-4052 BASEL BS,SWITZERLAND
SWIFT;UBS WCHZH40A
A/C NO;292/1Q121112.0

We await your prompt response.

Respectfully,
FOR:THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN,
JOINT COMMITTEE ACCOUNTANT GEN.

Mr.TONY MADUBUIKE
Assistant seceretary to the

ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION, NTBC/CPU.
For: The President, Commander in chief of the armed forces Federal republic of Nigeria.




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