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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: james smith <jamessmithgod8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jamessmithgod@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:06:05 +0100
Subject: TRANSFER FUND



TO THE 25TH TPC - BENEFICIARIESCATEGORY - B PAYMENT APPROVEDPAYMENT# FGN/PCFP/035/ZT03FILE# 008/25TPC/FGN/GH2SUB: PROMPT PAYMENT ADVISE CIRCULAR / APOLOGY TO 25 TP BENEFICIARIES/CONTRACTORS .Email:jamessmithgod@yahoo.it Hello Dear. It may interest you to know who I am and the urgency of this circular notice coming from my desk for the first time. I am James Smith , the newly appointed Chairman Foreign Dept Reconciliation Committee (FDRC). I have been directed by the National Assembly and the President - Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who appointed me last Month to bring to immediate notice and urgent attention that this democratic government understand your plight , the hudge amount of money you have spent out, and all the disappointment you have suffered in the past to get your fund paid to you due to what we discribed as selective payment and incessant demand excessive fee by some unscrupulous and corrupt erstwhile officials incharge of foreign payment in Central Bank of Nigeria, Gulf Bank of Nigeria, UBA, NNPC and Private Bank. Be informed that this committee was set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) this last quater March 1st 2007 to make sure that all contractor/beneficiaries received their fund before the final of this year. After going through many report, we become dismayed that 25 foreign beneficiaries/contractors including you has been cheated for years, secretely by bad eggs in government (NNPC, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Gulf Bank and Private banks who has been laundering your money, trading in foreign stock, shares thereby ranking hudge profit of this shady deals every months without your consent. Series of special meetings where held with World Monitoring Institution , World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund - IMF for purpose of (1) Rebuild Nigerian Economy, (2) pay all foreign contractors / beneficiaries. In this regards we receive a total sum of US$ 16.9 Billion United States Dollars to pay all foreign Beneficiaries/contractors whose payment has been hanging since 2000/2004 especially 25 Top Periority Beneficiaries (TPB) categogy which you are one of them. I do not know why up till now you have not made any effort to contact us personally or write a protest letter to the Presidency. I hereby advise you to desist from any wastefull contact to whosoever you are dealing with on receipt of this email in order not to jeopardize our effort, We have decided to pay you from our Federal Government Grant account operated here through Central Bank of Nigeria. Note for your information, you have been advised to reconfirm to us with immediate effect your bank account information to enable us instruct the ECO TRUST BANK PLC for immediate release of your payment into your designated bank account. your faithfully, James SmithDirector, Chairman Foreign Dept Reconciliation Committee (FDRC).Email:jamessmithgod@yahoo.it
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