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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: "Mr Sani Suleman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <idffice02@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 12:49:10 +0100
Subject: TRUTH OF THE MATTER

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TESTED COMPUTERIZATION FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT
CENTRAL BANK HOUSE HEADQUARTER
E-Mail: mrsanisuleman35@yahoo.com
Tel:+23480990-43490.
OUR REF: CBN/CCMU/2109
Attn: Beneficiary,
                         
                                            The truth of the matter
I have decided to contact you directly and personally after a serious thought about the unpaid fund, I am the Director, Tested Computerization Foreign Transfer Unit central bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sometime in the past, some partner approached me through a friend of mine and requested me to assist them to conclude a money transfer deal. They gave me a name and file information and told me to include them into our computer system in the central computer unit so that it will appear as if they are one of the genuine contractors that have been cleared for payment.
According to them, they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of money which they accumulated through inflated contract awards and the money have been floating in the CBN since then. The original contractors have listed to be paid therefore they wanted to use the account to transfer the inflated amount out of Nigeria. We agreed that once I do this, they would give me 15% and another $100,000.00 when the money release to the account. When they saw that I have included the file in the list of people to be paid their fund and the file has been approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of them agreed on our percentage with the deposit, they started avoiding me and that resorted to threat. I immediately delete the transfer access code (TAC) and the  personal identification numbers (PIN), which is only known to me due to my position and duty but released others fund.
 
They became angered the more when they saw that their threat did not work, they started bribing other officials to get another approval to transfer the money to out without success. I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstructions because of their breach of agreement. They are simply wicked and do not know where their problem lies. Now, if you want us to work together, these are my conditions:
A) I will have 35% of the money because it is only the two of us left for now, and I will direct you to the proper office for the Approval of the fund release certificates.
B) You will assist my son to open an account in your country or any other place of my choice where I will pay in my own share) So it is better we agree with each other and conclude the transaction with utmost secrecy.
If these conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible so that I will release the transfer access code to you and the beneficiary number to prove that you are the true person, so that we will finalize. But if you are not interested, I advise you to forget the fund as it will be transferred into the federal government of Nigeria consolidated national reserve Kindly contact me on the above email address: (mrsanisuleman35@yahoo.com)
Call me for more directives as soon as you receive this e-mail so that we will proceed further. You can reach me directly on my mobile phone number: +234-8099043490.
Best Regards,
Mr Sani Suleman
Director, Tested Computerization foreign Transfer Unit,
Tel:+23480990-43490.
E-Mail: idffice01@yahoo.co.jp

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