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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: "Accounts Office" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ncpc_722@foxmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 04:12:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Important information

Hello my friend, Compliment of the day.

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. It is based on trust and confidence that I decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable of handling this business transaction which I explained below.

I am Mr. Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, (Director) Office of the Accountant General of our Federation in my country. My esteemed office is responsible for the overall management of all the Payment allocation receipts and Payments of executed contracts here in the Federal of the Republic of Nigeria. I decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable of handling this business transaction which I explained below.

I am soliciting for your assistance to accommodate the transfer sum of; Nine million, five hundred thousand dollars ($9,500,000.00) into any safe Bank account you introduce to me and the need is very urgent.

It is with utmost business trust that made me to contact you on this matter. In brief, this money was generated from over invoicing of executed foreign Contract payments. I am contacting you for the following specific reasons:

(1) As a civil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign accounts due to civil service code of conduct law in our country.

(2) My present financial resources as a civil servant will not be sufficient for me to handle the transfer alone successfully without assistance from a good partner. A foreigner who will act as a beneficiary and contractor to receive this fund in his/her account.

CONDITIONS:>

(1) In my capacity, I will approve this sum of ($9,500,000.00) dollars and it will be paid into your account as the beneficiary of this fund. I will also give you all information and the documents of this fund for your perusal and record keep.

(2) This deal must be kept secret and all our correspondence will be strictly by e-mail and Telephone, for security purposes.

(3)There should be no third parties as you must note that in my capacity as the Accountant General of our Federation, I am anticipating my retirement from civil service job.

I have resolved that 35% of this fund would be for you as appreciation for using your Bank account in receiving this money, 5% would be used to defray any expenses made during the processing of the transfer. While 60% is for me.

Please note that I will arrange to meet you immediately after the successful conclusion of the transfer. Our 60% share will be used for investment in your country. Your assistance and co-operation is highly needed, I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free.

If you agree with my conditions, I will advise you on what to do immediately and the deal will commence without delay.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.

Best regards,

Mr. Jonah Oguniyi

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