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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: tony thomas <t_thomas1900@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:31:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent,pls


Dear Sir,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not met before. I got your email through an Asia on line directory .

I would like to introduce myself as Mr Tony Thomas; I am the procurement director with Shell Petroleum Plc Nigeria. To begin with , A contract of $50 ,000,000(Fifty million United States Dollars)was awarded to one Mr. Denis Howard a U S National to supply raw materials to our flow station at Eleme Port-Harcourt, River State South of Nigeria, Mr. Denis Howard has since completed the contract awarded to him and Shell has paid him half of his contract fee of $25,000,000(Twenty Five Million United States Dollars), he was asked to come back on the 12th of December 2005 for the payment of his outstanding fee of $25 million.

However tragedy struck as Mr. Denis Howard was amongs the passengers on board of Sosoliso Airlines that clashed on the 10th of December 2005 from Abuja to Port-Harcourt, if you are conversant with world news you would have heard about the clash.
Sir all avenue has been exploited to locate any member of his family by the Company , but all to know avail, a letter was also sent to his address but it was returned on the basis that Mr. Denis Howard has no living relation.

So I am seeking for your assistance to stand in as next of kin to Mr. Denis Howard and allow me to transfer the balance of $25 million into your account, We shall share the money 50% for you and 50% for me then any expenses we will incur during the cause of this transaction will be shared equally, I assure you Sir that this transaction is a calculated deal so we shall have no problems while pulling out this funds.

There are documents that can back up your application as the next of kin to Mr Denis Howard,and if there are more information required,I will be handy to provide you from the office but you must not allow them to know that you are dealling with an inside in the Company.

If you are interested in this transaction .Reply as soon as possible via my email for more information and please keep this absolutely confidential.

Thanks for your co-operation.I await your urgent response.

Engr. Tony Thomas.
Procurement Director,
Shell Petroleum Bp.



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