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: "Bitrus Ngelale" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ngelalebitrus2014@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:16:59 -0800
Subject: INVESTING IN YOUR COUNTRY


Dear Partner,

I am sending you this email on personal grounds of trust. Please treat this as very urgent and private. My name is Mr.

Bitrus Ngelale. I am a retired accounts officer in the Nigerian National petroleum corporation (NNPC). I want to invest

the total sum of Fifty two million United States dollars in your country and with your partnership.

SOURCE OF FUND: Proceed from a closed crude oil supply deal to the government Nigeria.

This amount represents the payment of the last contract Late Mr. Alejandra Hernandez executed for the government of

Nigeria in 2011. I was a very close associate to late Mr. Alejandra Hernandez. Late Mr. Hernandez is a Venezuelan citizen

and was a Category "A “contractor to the government of Nigeria before he died in June, 2011. Late Hernandez died in June

2011 due to a heart condition.

After his death, I discovered his contract payment of $52million United States dollars being the proceeds of the contract

in question. I did so when i found out a plot by the government top officials in the Ministers office who wanted to divert

the fund into their private pockets. I immidiately contracted the service of a diplomat who helped me to move the funds to

a security company abroad. The funds are concealed in two trunk boxes and have been deposited in a security company as

personal effects. All the clearance certificate and deposit certificate of the consignment are available.

I need your help and assistance under this present circumstance please.

I want you to present you as the beneficiary of the consignment and my foreign partner so that you can go to the security

company and take delivery of the boxes. There is no risk involved. The deposit of the consignment with the security

company was executed under a legitimate arrangement, which protects us from any breach of the law. The real contents of

the consignment were not declared. The contents of the consignment were declared as personal family treasures. All

necessary legal documents to back up the claim of the consignment from the security company will be provided. The most

important thing I need is your consent and honest cooperation. The safety of the fund is paramount here and the target is

zero risk. If you are interested in this proposal and offer, kindly indicate by sending me an email to my private email

address: ngelalebitrus2014@gmail.com

As soon as I hear from you, I will give you details of how we shall proceed.

I await your kind response,

Regards,
Bitrus Ngelale

Anti-fraud resources: