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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: "Ruffor Edison U." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ruffor@163.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 12:02:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Fw: Pls read through details

Dear Sir,
 
Good Day and my profound greetings. Please I solicit your understanding to read through my letter to you. And I expect your consideration based on my sincere motivation to reach out to you with details below. I am very aware that their could exist some sentiments and reservations about this, apparently due to wrong happenings in our society which has become a global concern. But as I earlier said, please your understanding is most solicited here, as I desperately need you for this.
 
Permit me to be straight with details, please I am Mr. Ruffor Edison Uzor, the head of audit and accounting section of my bank. Please with due respect, I am pressured with conviction to contact you on a business consideration that will benefit us at the very end of the transaction.
 
If you may allow me, please note that my bank manager now late made a secret deposit on behalf of his client Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who herself is now a cancer patient and presently in U.K receiving treatment. This deposit was made in a third party name that does not really exist as is usually the case here with politicians and political appointees. Fortunately with this case, our late Manager had confided in me with details of the deposit to help protect deposited fund should the need arise in the course of our audit. Please see below are sites for more details regarding Diezani Alison-Madueke’s present health status.
 
1.        http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/diezani-alison-maduekes-plea-for-mercy/
2.        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diezani_Alison-Madueke
3.        saharareporters.com/2015/11/14/photos-cancer-stricken-diezani-alison-madueke-released
 
It may please you to know that my late Manager died after suffering a brief heart attack out of fear that the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was going to probe the former Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. I took steps to assure myself that the details of this deposit were of confidential status between me and my late Manager. In doing this, I monitored the situation till date and I am completely satisfied that no person or group, no inquiry or query has been made on deposited fund.
 
I have since safely transferred funds to Europe by ensuring proper internal documentation process was completed by me within the shortest possible time and at a relatively affordable cost for me. I solicit for your assistance to present you as the authorised investor to move funds from Europe to your account designate for investment of funds.
 
Please your interest will be negotiated between us before we commence this project as we will discuss further on phone to ascertain your capability to move funds to your account designate safely. Please note that I will not resign from the bank now to avoid any suspicion, I will only do so after you confirm funds have been safely transferred to your account designate.
 
I wait for your reply to confirm your position on this.
 
Please reply me on my e-mail: ruffor@163.com
 
Thank You.
 
Best Regards,
Ruffor Edison U.
 
 
 

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