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: DR FRANK JACOB <anazajon@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: frankjacob2424@yahoo.pl
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:23:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: STUDY THIS MAIL AND REPLY TODAY


CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL
FEDERAL TASK FORCE OFFICE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TEL. 2348062451324


ATTENTION:

Dear Sir\ma,


INVESTMENT/PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP

First, I must solicit your strict confidence in this transaction. We are making this contact with you based on reliable information available to us, courtsey of the Internet Business Index concerning your reputable organisations/Persons. Thus, we are convinced that you would be able to provide us with a solution to a funds transaction of US$36,400,000.00[Thirty Six Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars].

SOURCE: During the last democratic regime here in Nigeria,there were series of contracts executed by a consortium of ABB Lumus, J.G.C. Corporation of Japan, Bouygues Offshore and a joint venture of Spiebatignoles and Dresser GmbH of Germany in favour of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company[P.P.M.C] a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation[N.N.P.C], among which were:

1] The expansion and maintenance of pipeline network from Onne Main Station to Escravos Depot for crude oil and downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$370,000,000.00.

2] Turn Around Maintenance[TAM] of the Warri, Kaduna, and Port-Harcourt refineries - US$200,000,000.00.

3] Construction of new storage tanks for the Petroleum Products[Depot] and flushing/calibration of the Ikot Ekpene/Uyo Axial Station - US$94,000,000.00.

The original value of these contracts was deliberately over - invoiced to a sum of US$36,400,000.00[Thirty Six Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars]. The present democratic government of President musa yar a'dua, has constituted a Contract Review Panel[CRP], to evaluate and vet these contracts awarded in the last democratic era. As members of this panel we have identified these over-invoiced contract sums floating in the Central Bank of Nigeria[CBN].

Our investigation reveals, that during the last democratic era, government officials set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over-invoiced in the various ministries. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants,

we are prohibited by the Conduct Bureau[Civil Service Laws] from opening or operating foreign accounts. Also, as members of this panel, we cannot acquire these funds in our names. My colleagues in this panel have therefore mandated me to look for and Offshore partner into whose account these funds[totalling US$36,400,000.00] can be remitted. Hence we are sending you this mail.

Needless to say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous, we have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 25% of the transfered sum while 5% shall be set aside for incidental expenses incured during the course of the transaction by both parties. It is our intention therefore, having your undersatnding and co-operation to invest our 70% share of these funds in importation of agricultural and oil prospecting equipment to the sub - Saharan Africa, as it will be virtually impossible to retrieve our share in cash.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Presidential Task Force on Contract Payments for the immediate remittance of the above stated funds within 6-8 working days from the date of receipt of the following information by Email, your bank name and address, account number, your telephone and fax numbers.

Please contact me immediately you receive this mail, thus signifying your capability and willingness to enable me give you additional details on our proposed modus-operandi of getting these funds to you 100% risk - free.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to above stated terms and conditions, on our conviction of your transparent honesty, diligence and that you must accord this transaction utmost confidentiality and secrecy.

Again we look forward to doing business with you and solicit your utmost confidentiality in this transaction.

Yours Faithfully,

DR. FRANK JACOB [Ph.D, M.O.N]
EMAIL: frankjacob2424@yahoo.pl



---------------------------------
L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la Nuova Yahoo! Mail

Anti-fraud resources: