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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: Nuel Nassa <majornassa34@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <majornassa@yahoo.se>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:35:35 +0000
Subject: From:Major Nuel Nassa(PAYMENT NOTICE)


From: Major Nuel Nassa
Fund Release/ Debt Settlement Committee

Attn: Hon.Contractor/Beneficiary,

RE: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attention has been brought to us in form of a petition as regards the Contracts which were completed and awaiting payment. Let me first inundate you with the fact that based on the petition forwarded to the Senate Committee on Foreign Financial Matters, which the copy of the petition was forwarded to the office of the Executive President Federal Republic Of Nigeria (FRN). I wish to intimate you, that it was discovered in the petition that the Central Bank of Nigeria headed by Professor Charles Soludo,The Federal Ministry Of Finance (FMF), EcoBank Nig Plc, First Bank Nig Plc, Union Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa(UBA), Oxford International Security, Homeland Security Company amongst other has part of their effort to frustrate foreign contractors deliberately withholding the release of their approved contract payment to the beneficiary.

It was also discovered in the same petition that the above mention bank and other Federal Ministries are using their honorable office to intimidate most especially foreign contractors/ foreign investors in order to exhort money from them for their personal interest. Therefore, I and other members of this committee was instructed by the presidency to visit the various Banks and federal ministries and your name was found among the foreign contractor whose payment have been duly approved years back and your payment is still lying pending due the nonchalant attitude of the officials in authority.

As regard to this finding, this Honorable Committee therefore, notified the Office of the Executive President Federal Republic Of Nigeria of the dubious attitude of the Banking and Federal Ministries, so that necessary action should be commence urgently.

In this case, all contractors file have been withdrawn from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) and various Federal Ministries. All files has been forwarded to PALMYRA FINANCE B.V for urgent remittance of fund to all contractors through the MASTER DEBIT /ATM CARD.

Meanwhile, concerned contractors are warned to stop further transactions or communication with the above mentioned Banks, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Ministry of Finance e.tc. With immediate effect and acknowledge your clear receipt of this message more notification in respect of his/her overdue beneficiary payment.

Yours Faithfully

Major Nuel Nassa
Chairman.

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