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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: "CHIEF FRED EZE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredezefamilytrust1@engineer.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:05:16 -0800
Subject: Re: .....Urgent Attention

Directly From:- CHIEF FRED EZE.
Senior Officer / Executive Director,
Nigeria National Petroleum Company
Corporate Headquarters: # NNPC House,
District, Cadastral Zone, Abuja Federal
Capital Territory Nigeria.
 
                             RE: UNCLAIMED CONTRACT US$61.5M /NNPC/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99
                                        NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (NNPC)
 
This notification serves as an evidence to prove for our official acknowledgment of payment to the Foreign Contractor entitled for the contract done under the line to the following contract description stated below.  During the last military regime the year 1999/2000, the Ministry of Petroleum Awarded a contract on behalf of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C)
worth of US$61.5M (Sixty-One Million Five hundred thousand Dollars Only) for the supply, construction & installation of Oil Pipeline from Warri to Port Harcourt. In which the contract was duly executed with a contract number as followed:-
 
Payment Discretion:-NNPC/FGN/FMF/CBN/B2517/99 and the Contact Award purpose of payment is as followed: "SUPPLY OF 480,000 MONAX AXIAL AND ERECTION OF SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION SUPER POLYPROLENE, 240,000 BPSD FOR PLANT 'A' TO 'C' AND COMPUTERIZATION AND OMMISSIONING OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) IN PORT-HARCOURT/KADUNA REFINERY.
 
The above payment object of this latter has been approved. We are officially herein to your notice based on our verifications records of outstanding debts due for payment by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum and your Payment Documentations File has been discovered at this earlier quota of the year as Unpaid Foreign Benefactor for the Contract done in question US$61.5M. I thereby sent for your interest to come forwarded and honor the receipt of your payment notification with the following Informations required for our official Re-confirmations and for Security Purposes:-
 
1). Your full name:-
2). Tele-Phone & fax #:-
3). Country & Address:-
4). Profession, age and marital status:-
5). Copy of Int’l passport, Drivers license, or any valid ID card:-
 
The US$61.5M is now lying and floating into N.N.P.C Domiciliary Account with the Banco Santander in Spain Madrid for further release of your contract entitlement. For Legal Reasons:- Upon our Re-confirmation to the above mentioned requirements, I will automatically furnish you with your Payment Documentation related to the body of this latter within 24hours. Your quick response will be highly appreciated as I’m already behind my schedule for your payment Notice.
 
Thanks for your anticipated patient to us.
For Inquiry Please Call No: +234-80-6281-2106
Chief Fred Eze. Senior Officer (N.N.P.C).
Contracts Awards & payment Approvals.
Email: fredezefamilytrust1@engineer.com

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