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: " "invitation to supply bath towel from your national"" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <luscoconsult@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:57:04 +0100
Subject: "invitation to supply bath towel from your national"

"invitation to supply bath towel from your national"

from the desk of mr ali kwesi
secretary lusco consult limited
no ;16 edewor street kumasi,
ghana west africa,
office tel/fax;+233-265-435-987

ghana presidency/ecowas are looking for a reliable trustee company/exporter from your national to supply bath towel for the ongoing 2011 rehabilitation exercise to Ghana prisons, hospitals and orphanage homes hence my director ask me to write you an invitation today if you can handle supply project effectively as our company trustee from your national with below specifications for the ongoing 2011 tender.

the procedure of the supply, our company is a commission agent registered with
ecowas/ghana presidency and our commission is 1% of the total invoicing,our commission is been paid to us upon satisfactory confirmation of the contract payment to your account oversea and it will be our pleasure to work co-cooperatively with your esteemed organization to secure this tender for our mutual benefits for us all.

Please below is the specification of bath towels
=========================================

1.yarn : 100% cotton
2.color : white
3.size: 70 x 140 cm.
4.gsm - 320
5.weight 312g/pc
6.quantity: one million pcs.
7.packing : 1pc in white poly bag and 12pcs/dozen in big poly bag and put inside carton
8.targeted price $5usd per one piece

terms of payment:70% bank tt in advance and 30% balance paid before last shipment after inspection: quotation cif tema sea port accra delivery time : 180 days after receipt of payment to your oversea account. A partial shipment is allowed; awaiting your reply to prove that you are capable of handling this project effectively as our company trustee from your national after receipt of payment.

finally upon your reply i shall feed you with full details/procedure for the supply for us to be sure that you receive this mail awaiting your urgent call.

best regards.
mr ali kwesi

n.b

also, please if you can also supply t-shirt, bed sheets,cement,working gloves, milks,sugar computers in large quantity still keep me updated in your reply to enable my director give you full details specifications/quantity that is needed for urgent supply

thanks.

Anti-fraud resources: