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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: segun oshodi <segunoshodi1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 12:32:07 +0000
Subject: URGENT


From The Desk Of Dr Segun Oshodi
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
#23 Kofo Abayomi Crescent
Ikoyi Lagos-Nigeria
D/L+234(816) 910 3856

My name is Dr Segun Oshodi, I am the chief accountant at the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation(N.N.P.C). I got your information during my search through the Internet
I am 58 years of age and married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of Peace and don't want a problem, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact, you again
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the chief accountant of the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation(N.N.P.C) it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city of Nigeria(Abuja) at the end of each year
In the course of the last year 2021 end of year report, I discovered a floating sum of Fifty Million United States Dollars Only(US$50M) from an over inflated contract bill payment which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of I have since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary
As the chief accountant of my corporation, I cannot be directly connected to this money since the code of conduct bureau forbids all civil servants from operating foreign bank accounts while still in government service, so this informed my contacting you for us to work together, so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE While you will have 50/50 of the total fund
Note there is practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer or through ATM CARD. All I need from you is to stand as the original foreign contractor/ beneficiary that executed a contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum corporation so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response, I will give you more details on how we can achieve this PROJECT successfully
Kind regards,
Dr Segun Oshodi

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