joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Buggie Emma" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:12:44 +0100
Subject: I wait to hear from you

Dear Sir,

I want to draw to your attention an urgent situation due to the lost of my family in an auto crash.
I am a marketer and an America by Origin, presently i am in africa for work transfer.
i supposed to have come to states, but, the contract i want to take so i can resign from my present appointment has kept me back

here. Though i could not take the contract on my name because i am still a staff here.
I want a personaly friend whom can assist me act as a mandate in an oil deal i am securing here. the mandate is the intermidiate

between buyer and seller.
actually the deal can be done without a mandate, but, it is a sortage on the buyer side because the seller will present a mandate

that will take 1% mandate fee from his side and also buyer suppose to have a mandate.

I am the person paying for the crude to be shipped to the USA or your country for onward sales of the crude to end buyers in the

USA port. I want you to act as my mandate while we share the mandate fee 60% for me and 40% for you just for standing as the

mandate. you are not required to pay for the crude pruchase. i am the buyer whom will pay for the product. you duty is just to act

as the buyer and mandate and you take 1$ per barrel.

That is also why i wanted you to join me so we can enjoy africa together for fews days and also use your name to secure the

contract because i can not use my name. from there we fly back to the states to continue life and start life all over with the

contract fund .

If you can not come now, i can still secure the contract ''crude oil shipment to the usa'' . I will use your name because i can not

use my own as a staff of the company. I will link you up to my company claiming you want to buy the crude shipped to usa. i need to

get it done before comming to usa. i will pay for the crude oil my self and it will be shipped to usa, once the crude leaves the

shores here , then, i fly to meet you.

this will only take a couple of days to do.

all you need do if you can not come meet me here , is to send me your full name and address, so i include it in the application for

the buying of the crude oil now.

I wait to hear from you .


Buggie Emma

Anti-fraud resources: