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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: Ahmed Bello <ahmbello11@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 20:45:45 +0100
Subject: A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Engr. Ahmed Bello
Tel:23408162019820
Lagos, Nigeria.
Dear Sir,
REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
After due deliberation with my colleagues, I have decided to forward
to you this business proposal. We want a reliable person who could
assist us to transfer the sum of Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ( $20,500,000 ) into his / her account.
This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contracts awarded
by us under the budget allocation to my Ministry and this bill has
been approved for payment by the concerned Ministries.
The contract has since been executed, commissioned and the contractor
was paid the actual cost of the contract. We are left with the balance
US$20.5M as part of the over-invoiced amount which we have
deliberately over estimated for our own use.
But under our protocol division, civil servants are forbidden to
operate or own foreign accounts. This is why I am contacting you to be
our custodian for this fund.
As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your
address from address in internet site that portrayed your
establishment in good light.
I am the Chief Accountant/Internal Auditor of the Contract Award
Committee (CAC ) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (
NNPC).
This transaction is very much free from all sorts of RISKS and TROUBLE
from my Government. We the N.N.P.C. Officials involved in this deal
have put in many years in service to this Ministry.
We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and
to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to
miss.
You need not to worry about the responsibilities of transferring this
fund into your account, for all the administrative steps needed for
the transfer of this fund into your designated bank account will be
done by me.
I and my colleagues have agreed to COMPENSATE you duly if agreement is
reached by both of us with 30% of the total sum.
I and one of my colleagues involved in this deal will come to your
country to arrange for our share, upon the confirmation from you that
the money has been credited into your nominated bank account.
Consequent upon your acceptance of this proposal, kindly confirm your
interest by Telephone to me, through my Direct Tel
No:Tel:23408162019820
NOTE: In the event of your inability to handle this transaction please
inform us so that we can look for another reliable person who can
assist in this respect.
It might surprise you why we choose you and trusted you for this
transaction. Yes, we believe that good friends can be discovered and
business like this can not be realised without trust.
I will give you more information when i hear from you.
Thank you, and God bless.
Best Regards,
Engr. Ahmed Bello

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