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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: "parvez" <parvez@technoctg.com>
Reply-To: lawrence_benson@myway.com
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:09:06 +0600
Subject: ATTENTION

ATTENTION;Sir,
My name is Mr,Lawrence Benson,i work with the Nigeria National Petroleum
Company(NNPC)
as an assistant internal auditor General.

During our routine general check and balance of past military regime
excesses of contract
award of the 1980s and 1990s, i and my colleagues found an over inflated
contract running
to the tune of $72 Million USD (seventy two million United State Dollar)
though the
contractors have since finished their jobs and were paid.

The inflated amount $21 million USD.Can not be remitted to any
account,because of the
sudden end of General Sani Abacha military regime and some of the contract
award committee
members sacked or retired. Our problem now is that I and my colleagues
want to transfer
this fund outside my country,to any account where incidence of taxation
will not take much
toll on it.hence this my massage to you.

if you are intrested to help us, the share ratio is as follows.65% will
come to us,
25% for you,while 10% will be set aside for any miscellenous expenses.
As government civil servant we are not allowed to own domicirary
account,as soon as this
this fund is wired to your nominated account,I and my colleagues will
travel to your country
for our share and subsequently invest it with your help.

Should you indcate your intrest to help us,do not hesitate to contact me
via this confidential
email address,so we can proceed and move forward.(lawrence_benson@myway.com)

As i await in anticipation for your favourable response,thanks and remain
blessed.


N.B.This fund will transferd to your nominated account via telegrafic wire
transfer(KTT SWIFT)


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