joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: "UNIVERSAL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED" <unitradingcoy8@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:47:21 +0000
Subject: INVITATION FOR TENDER ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT SUPPLY OF YOUR PRODUCTS ETC.

INVITATION FOR TENDER ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT SUPPLY OF YOUR PRODUCTS ETC.
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Government of the Republic of Togo , in West Africa , has recieved
funds from the INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION(IDA) with loan number :IDA CREDIT NO:3964
TG,and AGENCE FRANCAISE DE DEVELOPMENT(AFD),AFD LOAN
NO:CTG 6004.01.G, towards the cost of community based rural development
projects ( CBRDP) and intends to apply part of this fund to cover eligible
payments under the contracts for the supply of the following items.
1. Hospital bed sheets and Pilow cases (Ministry of Health)
2. Lawn Mowers (Ministry of Agriculture)
3. Pharmaceutical products (Health Ministry)
4.Aniaml Feeds/ingredients (Ministry of Agriculture)
5. T-shirts/Umbrellas (Ministry of Interior)
6. Stationeries (Ministry of Education)
7. G.S.M Mobile Phone, Laptops ,Desk Tops and computer parts -HP/Compaq
D510 etc (
Ministry of Education)
8. Medical products (Ministry of Health)
9. Fertilizers (Ministry of Agriculture)
10. Syringes, needles, surgical instruments (Ministry of Health)
11. Fishing equipment
12. Condoms.
13. Treated mosquito net.
14. Medical equipment.
15. Agro chemicals.
16.Electronics products
17.Bags etc
18.Ink cartridge etc
19.EQUIPMENT,MACHINES,MEDIA,PARTS,SERVICES ETC
20.OTHERS

Tender is open to all eligible foreign contractors from eligible source
countries as defined in the guidelines of the procurement Board of the
Republic of Togo .If you can handle the supply any of the above items, get
back to us with your company websites,company profiles and list of products
for more details using our directors hutchcity email addrerss
unitradingcoy@hutchcity.com
l am a commision agent.
Our director's contact details: unitradingcoy@hutchcity.com
Mr.Richard Vivor
Address:
78 rue de klimax
Lome-Republic of Togo
West -Africa
Thanks,
Mr.lsaac .

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/


Anti-fraud resources: