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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: "MRS. DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charlesogboli2016@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:29:58 -0800
Subject: MRS PATIENCE JONATHAN NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir/Madam,


I am Dr Mrs. Dame Patience Jonathan (GCFR), wife to the Former President of Nigeria who hand over government to an Opposition on the 29th of May, 2015. I'm contacting you in confidence, and as a means of developing a cordial and fruitful business relationship. I currently have within my reach, the sum of twenty Five million United States Dollars, which I and my children intends to use for investment purposes specifically in your country. This money came as a result of a pay back contract deal between my husband and a Chinese firm in our country’s multi-Billion Dollar Ajaokuta Steel Company. The Chinese returned my husband’s share of US$25,000,000.00 after his hand over to the Opposition Government,I quickly lodged the money in a secret Bank account in Citic Bank of China, and right now the New government of President Muhammadu Buhari has intensified their probe on my family’s financial resources; frozen all our known foreign accounts, revoked our oil licenses, pending the outcome of their investigations.

In view of these facts, I acted fast to deposited the US$25,000,000.00 in a private security account of which I have mentioned before and the account alone is of know existence. I have since then declared the security account bankrupt. No record whatsoever exists concerning this money traceable by the new government of Nigeria, because there is no documentation showing that we received the money from Chinese firm.

Therefore the current situation in my country concerning government’s attitude towards my family, it has become quite impossible for us to make use of this money within. I thus wish to discretely transfer this money out of China with your assistance, and to be invested in your country under your professional guidance. I shall expect you to contact my Personal Attorney to enable him discuss this transaction in details.

Perhaps 40% to you and 55% to my family, while 5% goes to any expenses during the transaction, and i want you to do your best and contact my Attorney Mr. Charles Ogboli through the below information to direct you on how the Citic Bank of China will release the funds to you.

Moreover,I also want you to fill the appropriate form immediately.

[1] Full Names:_____________
[2] Contact address_________
[3] Direct Telephone No: ____
|4| Occupation : _______
|5| Age:_______________

Finally, you are here by advised to call my Personal Attorney Mr.Charles Ogboli on his private phone number +2348143096683, to enable him forward your contact information to the Citic Bank of China for immediate release of the fund as the Next of Kin to my family.

PLEASE REPLY TO HIS PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: charlesogboli2016@gmail.com, or charlesogbolijj@yahoo.com, for him to forward to the Bank your contact information for the transfer of the fund in your own account.

Best regards,

MRS. DAME PATIENCE GOODLUCK JONATHAN.
FORMER FIRST LADY OF NIGERIA.


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