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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: "Evans Dinga" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:50:12 +0200
Subject: + BUSINESS PROPOSAL / PARTNERSHIP +


Hello,

Compliment

URGENT TRANSFER OF US$21, 000, 000, 00 MILLION DOLLARS.

First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction / business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. I am Mr. Evans Dinga a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as a director and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty-0ne Million U. S. Dollars (US$21,000,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company / individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction. This amount (US$21M) represents the balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 20% of the US$21Million, 75% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Evans Dinga.
E-mail: evansdinga@gala.net


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