joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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.

Fraud email example:

From: okubenji@freemail.it
Date: 27 Aug 2005 15:17:12 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS TRANSACTION


NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,

23 FALOMO COMPLEX,

IKOYI-LAGOS,

NIGERIA.



Dear Sir,

I am the Chairman of the Contract Award Committee of the

Petroluem and Natural Resources Ministry here in

Nigeria[NNPC].After due deliberation with my partner, I

decided to forward to you this business proposal, we want

you to assist us receive the sum of Twenty Eight Million,

Six Hundred Thousand dollars (US$28.6M) into your account.

This fund resulted from an over-invoiced contract

awarded by us under the budget allocation to my Ministry and

the bill was approved for payment by the concerned

ministries. The contract was executed, commissioned and

the contractor was paid his actual cost of the contract.

Now, we are left with the balance of US$28.6M as the over

invoiced amount which we have deliberately over

estimated for our own use. Please note that the law forbids

civil servants to operate or own foreign accounts while

still in active service.We have agreed to share the

money in the following percentages: 30% for you,60% for us

and 10% for tax as may be required by your government.

Note that this transaction is safe and risk-free as we have

worked out all modalities to ensure a smooth and successful

transfer of the said amount.

We have been exercising patience for this privilege for so

long not until the presidential announcement last week that

all foreign contractors owed be paid forthwith, this will

enable the presidential tax force reconcile our debt ratio

with the outside world especially now that we are begging

for debt forgiveness from our foreign creditors.This is a

rare opportunity that comes to one once in a lifetime hence

we don't want to miss it.Upon indication of your interest to

fully co-operate with us,a payment application/information

form will be sent to you via email for completion.



Note that the following information:

(a) Bankers name and address

(b) Account number and account name

(c) Your private phone number

This will enable us seek/secure approval of the fund from

the concerned government quarters/ministries within 3-4

banking days.

As soon as we confirm receipt of this money in your

nominated bank account, my partner and I will come over to

your country to arrange for our own share and

possibly invest part of this money in your country.

Please maintain a very high level of confidentiality and let

honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this

transaction.

Awaiting your prompt reply.







Best Regards,

Benjamin Okwudili.















---------------------------------------------------------------
Scegli il tuo dominio preferito e attiva la tua email! Da oggi
l'eMail di superEva e' ancora piu' veloce e ricca di funzioni!
http://webmail.supereva.it/new/
---------------------------------------------------------------

--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam