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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: p u <patrick.utomi.49@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <patrickutomi2002@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:49:13 +0100
Subject: From The Desk Of MR PATRICK UTOMI,



From The Desk Of MR PATRICK UTOMI,
I am MR PATRICK UTOMI. A civil servant in Nigerian National Petoroleum
Co-operation (N.N.P.C).I am soliciting your assistance for the transfer of
$25.5m usd into your account. Theses fund came as a result of contract
awarded to a foreign contractor few years back and the contractor has
been paid off by his money, while the overinvoice sum of that contract
that was awareded is now discovered floating in the bank without anybodys
name on it as the beneficiary. The money is yet to be claim since
nobody stand as the beneficiary to the fund.
I and my partners in the federal payment office have worked out all
modalities on how to process the funds in your name and have it paid into
your account as the beneficiary. We are also in negotiation with a
security firm to see if they can help us move the money out of this country
for easy claim into your account.
We have agreed that 30% be given to you, 60% for me and my partner
while 10% will be used in settling each party expenses after the claim.
For us to commence the processing of this fund on your name, you are
required to send the following information.
1. Your full name, address and phone numbers.
I will be waiting for your urgent reply for more details
Regards
MR PATRICK UTOMI.
_________________________________________________________________
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