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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: "Stephen Dike" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stephendike@nnpcgroup.org.ng>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:52:17 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE !!

Hello, Good day.

I am Dr. Stephen Dike, board member and Chief Accountant/Internal Audit of the Contract Awarding Committee of the (NNPC) National Petroleum Corporation. I have an urgent fund relocation proposal for you amounting to Twenty Million Us-Dollars($20,000,00). I would like to be intimate with you and I believe you are trustworthy and reliable to repose my trust in you to handle this transaction.

This ($20,000,000) was generated from an over-invoiced contracts bill awarded by us under the budget allocation of my office, and this bill has been approved for payment by the concerned Ministries. The contract has also been executed, and the contractor has been paid their actual cost of the contract. We are left with the balance commission of the US$20 Million as part of the over-invoiced amount which we 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'm contacting you to be a custodian for receipt of this fund on our behalf and this transaction is 100% genuine and risk free as we shall advise the manager to process the fund in your name as the beneficiary.

This transaction is a win-win life changing opportunity for both parties where (20%) percent has been set aside for you for your help. Please If you are interested in this mutual benefit kindly get back to me immediately for more details about your role to achieve this fund retrieval without delay.

Thanks in anticipation looking forward to your immediate response.

Kind Regards,

Stephen Dike

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