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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: Goodluck Favorme <ggooddluckfavorme6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <goodluckfavorme@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 11:34:52 +0000
Subject: TRUSTED DEAL(NON SPAM)



DEAR SIR,

Though there has been allot of scams and frauds going on in the internet today, but still i consider the internet the wisest, secrete keeping and safest to transact business of this magnitude.

I am the chairman of a -4- man tender board that awarded drilling equipment, automotive accessories supply, and construction of roads, over head bridges and excavation of water bore hole to foreign firms. Under the Niger Delta Development Corporation (N .D .D .C)

My contacting you is how ever based on recommendation of your country's business versatility and suitability that is why I decided to contact you for this crucial and prolific transaction.

On my own accord, I chairman of the tender board committee over invoiced and inflected the value of the cop orations contract value / sum with eighty-five million-five -hundred thousand us dollars (85.5m us dollars).

Now that the companies, and the contractors that executed the contract have fully received their payment, and the project officially commissioned, am saddled with the problem of getting a trusted and reliable company or individual over seas who will receive the 85.5m us dollars got from the deal with his name or company as one of the else while foreign firms and contractors that executed and completed their works, but have not been fully paid.

I am seeking for a trusted over sea partner, because, we as a civil servants are prohibited by the code of conduct bureau (civil service law) from opening or operating foreign account on our names.

I have mutually agreed that should you provide a trusted account, and serve as the beneficiary, 30 percent of the fund will be yours or your company, and i have equally worked out the modalities for remitting the fund into a foreign account with the key officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria (CB N). Either by cash or through bank to bank swift wire transfer. As you would want either to come in person if you prefer and endorse all written documents and present them by your self.

To accord this transaction the legality it deserves for the mutual security of the parties involved, all the fund approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name or company as beneficial beneficiary of the fund.

If you are interested kindly send you’re in formations for me to use and prepare documents to secure the approvals of the fund in your favor, also give me your private tell/fax numbers for easy and quicker communication.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS.
2. YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND STATE.
3. YOUR ABILITY AND CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH TRANSACTION.
(4) COMPANY OR BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE / CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
YOUR PERSONAL AND PRIVATE PHONE NO.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
GOOD LUCK FAVOR M.E

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