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: vincent njoku <vincinternational2003@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:27:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE.


H.O.D. ACCOUNTS.
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(NNPC)
VICTORIA ISLAND.
LAGOS - NIGERIA.

FIRST I MUST SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT BEING VERY CONFIDENTIAL. I AM DIRACTOR JOHN WILLIAMS AN ACCOUNTANT (FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPT) WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC)LAGOS- NIGERIA.

I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION WHICH INVOLVES THE HUGE TRANSFER OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SOME SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, AND THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

WE WANT TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF THRTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS ($35 MILLION } OUT OF MY COUNTRY, NIGERIA.THE THIRTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS IS AN ACCUMULATION OF OVER-INVOICED CONTRACTS WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED AND COMMISSIONED.

THIS AMOUNT STILL LIES IN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION SUSPENCE ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).AS WE CIVIL SERVANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE CODE OF CONDUCT ACT IN NIGERIA MAKES IT AN OFFENCE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICER TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT. IT IS AS A RESULT OF THIS THAT WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MAKE USE OF YOUR PRIVATE/COMPANY'S ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER THE SAID SUM.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL MODALITIES HAS BEEN WORKED OUT FOR A SMOOTH AND HITCH-FREE TRANSFER OF THE US$35 MILLION INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WITHIN TEN WORKING DAYS OF GETTING YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE AND CONSENT.YOU WOULD BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE $35,000,000 FOR PROVIDING US AN ACCOUNT, 60% WOULD COME TO US IN NIGERIA, AND THE REMAINING 10% WOULD BE USED TO OFFSET ALL
LOCAL/FOREIGN EXPENDITURE ON THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS.

(A) THAT WE ARE SATISFIED ON ALL GROUNDS THAT OUR SHARE OF THE FUND WOULD BE GIVEN TO US AFTER TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED ACCOUNT .

(B) THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS TREATED WITH UTMOST CONFIDENCE, SECRECY AND ABSOLUTE SINCERITY, WHICH IT DEMANDS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROPOSAL, YOU CAN CONTACT ME NOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE TRANSACTION. YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SECURED TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.
EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DIRECTOR JOHN WILLIAMS.
DIR JOHN WILLIAMS, please reply me this


---------------------------------
Need Mail bonding?
Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

Anti-fraud resources: