joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: James William <mr.jameswilliam@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:23:58 +0000
Subject: CONTRACT SUPPLY ORDER.


Dear Sirs,

We have delegated your company as one of the leading
company that can handle the supply order of your company to our organization for a long term
contract period.

This is a tender, if it interest you to participate. Kindly get back to me immediately.

I
am a commission agent, I source whenever there is a notice for the bid
to tender, if your company win this tender through my effort i will be
entitled to 2% commission of the total contract fund as a gratification
from my company, but this money will be paid to me after you must have
received your full payment from the commission.

Terms of payment:
If the order is given to you, our commission makes an
upfront/advance payment of 80% T/T and the
remaining 20% will be paid to you before supply, all payments must to be
confirmed from your bank before shipment.

Your urgent response will be appreciated.

Best Regards,

Mr.James William.
Accredited Agent.
Direct Line: +233 544 840 381.
Reply Via Email:mr.jameswilliam@outlook.com
Address: No 37 Station, opposite military hospital,
Accra Ghana.



Anti-fraud resources: