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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo" <emmawodo4@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:25:03 -0700
Subject: CRUDE OIL

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC)
From the Desk of: Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo
email: emmawodo4@yahoo.com
Tel: +2348-023291770

ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO,

URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINSS PROPOSAL.
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since it is
from someone you do not know or have seen before, but based on
recommendations,l gathered from a very reliable source here in Nigeria.

I am the director, fund co-ordinator of the Finance Contract Department
of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.The crux of this letter is
that the finance/contract department of the NNPC deliberatly
over-inflated the contract values of various contract awarded. In the
course of
disbursement my office
was able to track down the sum of US$19M(Nineteen Million U.S dollars)
as the over invoiced sum. This money is now floating in the NNPC
domicilliary account with the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN). I and my colleagues now want to quickly transfer this
fund to a safe nominated foreign account for possible investment
abroad.

We are not allowed as a matter of government policy to operate any
foreign account because of our status as civil/public servants. Hence
the
need to solicit for your full banking details, to enable us transfer
this
money into your account.
Upon your acceptance of this proposal, we have also agreed on a sharing
ratio:-
1) 30%for you as the account owner
2) 60% for l and my colleagues
3) 10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally
and internationally during the course of this transaction.
Furthermore, we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as
regards to investment of our share . Be informed that, this business is
genuine
and 100% safe considering the high powered government officials
involved.

Send by fax the following information:-
1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS, BANK NAME, ADDRESS AND ACCOUNT NUMBER
2) YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
This is to effect the Swift Transfer of this fund into your account in
less than Seven ( 7) working days.
Contact me strictly on my private email: emmawodo4@yahoo.com
Best Regard
Hon. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo


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