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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: sandra obaseki <sandraobaseki2002@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 01:54:48 -0800
Subject: OFFER

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC)
49 wuse Road Close A House 14,
Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi,
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Sir,

I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without any previous
notice. I am a senior staff
with Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC). My colleagues and I
intentionally over-invoiced
a contract awarded to a company in Germany to a tune of USD25.5m. All
arrangements have been concluded on how
to transfer this funds into a safe foreign account where myself and my
colleagues will be rest assured on the safety
of the funds pending when we are set for sharing.

After the original contractor has been duly paid, we discovered that the
over invoiced amount which has been
properly documented but no beneficiary has been approved for this . By
virtue of our civil service code of conduct,
serving officers are not allowed to operate foreign bank accounts.

This is why I am seeking your involvement to work with me in getting this
over-invoiced sum USD10.5 Million
transferred into your bank account. For this to be processed, you have to
indicate your acceptance by sending to me the full details of your bank.
We will also require your contact details too.

Please indicate your interest by contacting me or my other colleague in his
email,(georgenze2000@gmail.com)
It is when you respond positively that we shall discuss modalities for
sharing and level of involvement / participation.

There is no risk involved as documents will be procured officially and
legitimately for this purpose.

Please treat with utmost confidentiality.

Best Regard,

Mrs.Sandra obaseki.

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