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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: "DR(ENGR)Jubril.G.Musa" <informationmailsinfo21@aol.de>
Reply-To: jubrilgmusa@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 05:33:18 +0100
Subject: DEAR FRIEND, I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

ATTN:DEAR FRIEND,
Dear,this is strictly confidential business proposal to you.RE:THE TRANSFER OF
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS(US$147.5M)ONLY. However,I know that this email will reach you as a
surprise,but you need not to be worried as we are using the only secured and
confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance/partnership
in this business transaction which is of mutual benefit.
I am a member of the Federal Government of Nigeria's Contract Award and
Monitoring Committee in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(N.N.P.C).Sometimes ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm in N.N.P.C
by my Committee and this contract was over invoiced to the tune of US$147.5M
US Dollars only. This was done deliberately by us.Sequel to that,The
over-invoiced was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project.We now
want to solicit for your help/cooperation to transfer the funds into your
company's or private bank account over there,for a possible transfer,hence
according to the Federal Government of Nigerian code of conduct as a civil
servants, we are not ALLOWED by the law to own or operations a foreign bank
account.You as a foreigner is very important to us,in other to actualize this
transaction!
However,if you have read and understand this proposal,you are to write to me a
letter of acceptance to this offer with the following information bellow:
(1) Your full name (2)Your company's name, address, telephone and fax numbers.
(3) Your bank information (4)Your home/office and mobile phone numbers for
easy communication.
NOTE WELL:"IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOUR COMPANY ACTUALLY DOES THE
PROJECT OF THIS NATURE AS BEEN DESCRIBED HERE.THE ASSUMPTION IS YOUR COMPANY
WON THE MAJOR CONTRACT AND SUB-CONTRACTED IT OUT TO OTHER COMPANY/COMPANIES.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,BIG TRADING FIRMS OF UNRELATED FIELDS
WINS MAJOR CONTRACTS AND SUB-CONTRACT IT TO MORE SPECIALIZED FIRMS FOR
EXECUTION OF SUCH CONTRACTS".
We have made a very strong reliable arrangements on how the said funds would
be transferred into your provided or nominated bank account without any
delay.The sharing formula will be worked out as soon as we hear from you.This
is a top secret,as people involved are top Government officials they would not
want any forms of exposure.
THANKS,DR(ENGR)Jubril.G.Musa
I,await your immediately reply today!

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