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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: "Bernard O.N. Otti" <ottion@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:06:00 +0100
Subject: Good day 18 09 2014

Attention Sir/Ma,

It is my great pleasure contacting you today, My name is Mr.
Bernard O.N. Otti , GED, F&A) Directorate Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation( NNPC) I am happy to write you today,
Could you please allow me to place some funds into your Bank
Account for safekeeping/future investment? The funds in
question is my personal funds Twenty One Million Five
Hundred Thousand American Dollars ($21.5M),I have an urgency
to move the funds out from my present foreign bank account
to your Bank Account for security reasons' am a civil
servant and (A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL), it is unlawful in
my country for any civil servant to operate foreign bank
account.

Once I obtain your confidence, I will appraise you with full
details and I am offering you 30% of the total funds for
your assistance, while 5% of the above said funds has been
set aside to defray any unforeseen expenses incurred on
actualizing the movement of the funds into your bank
account. Be informed that it might require that you travel
to the holding bank for the signing of the fund release
documents as the CLAIMANT/BENEFICIARY to this above
deposited funds, the documents to legally position you to do
so will be prepared and transmitted to you.

I request that you provide me with your telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction.
Hope hearing from you soon But i strictly advise that you
treat this matter as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL FOREVER" and if
you are not comfortable with this business information, I
advise that you back-out immediately.


Yours truly,
Mr. Bernard O.N. Otti
(GED,ETD NNPC)

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