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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: "Mr.John Nana" <johnadareson.mayor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infolive.phd1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:33:55 -0700
Subject: Hello Sir,

Attn:Sir,

I am Mr. John Nana, the Chief Accountant of the Angola National
Petroleum Corporation (ANPC) and head of Contracts Appraisal and
Payment Board. My group mandated me to make contacts to some cooperate
organizations or capable individuals for a business transaction which
involves fund relocation and re-profiling.

There were series of contracts executed by a consortium of
multinationals in the oil industry in favor of Angola National
Petroleum Corporation (ANPC) among which were for the following:

1. The expansion of the pipelines network within for crude down
stream products distribution and subsequent evacuation.
2. Contract for the turn around maintenance (TAM) of the various
refineries in the country.

3. The construction of storage tanks for petroleum products (depots).

We deliberately over-invoiced the original value of these contracts in
the sum (Sixty-nine Million United States Dollars) which has been
approved and ready to be transferred to a foreign partner, because the
companies that executed these contracts had been fully paid.
We as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (
Angola ’s civil service laws) from owing or operating foreign accounts
in our names, consequently my colleagues and I are willing to
facilitate the movement of the total amount to your care for
subsequent disbursement, and hopefully we can establish mutual trust
on each other.

We have resolved to offer you 25% of the total sum after a successful
movement of the fund to your care, while 5% shall be set aside for
incidental expenses (internal and external)between the parties in the
course of the transaction, while the remaining 70% is for us the
committee officials.

The transaction’s documents will be legally processed with your name
or any company you may nominate as the beneficiary of the above
mentioned amount.

Please contact me immediately indicating your interest in the partnership.

Thanks in anticipation for your fullest co-operation.

Yours truly,

Mr. John Nana

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