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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: drolufemi_c_ena@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 06:12:32 +0500
Subject: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT FUNDS

INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR
PRIVATE EMAIL: drolufemi_c_ena@outlook.com


Dear Sir,

RE: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT FUNDS

Permit me to introduce myself to you.

I am an International Auditor and based on I.M.F special assessment I am in
Africa to scrutinize all out going transaction done between the years of
1999 till date, all indebted foreign debts payment both OLD/NEW and all out
going funds/transaction from the Apex Bank Accounts/Commercial banks since
1999 till date.

This special review is been carried out every 15 years. I have witnessed
lots of unpatriotic acts by men of high position concerning payment of
foreign debts. Several times, allocations were mapped out for settlement of
foreign debts. Lots of these payments were approved but their funds will
never be released to them because some group of men on high shares the money
among themselves and leave the concerned beneficiary with nothing but
continues spending in pursuit of their payment. Payments like this will
never reach the hand of the beneficiaries why because they continuously use
them as a means to loot out funds from Africa.

I understand that you have done virtually everything required of you to have
your funds transferred into your bank account but all to no avail. I
discovered that the Apex bank has blocked your funds transfer in the system
and for this reason; your payment could not be triggered into your
designated bank account as it has been blacklisted by the Apex Bank.
However, the fund in question is hovering around the system in the archive.

I am willing to help you both fiscally to realize your funds into your bank
account if only you will compensate me with 10% of the total funds of your
funds. You will raise either a Promissory Note or a Standby Letter of Credit
from your bank for my 10% share, thus, this has to be a secret between us
considering my delicate position.

Seeing that your payment is blacklisted in the system, the only way we can
achieve our aim is to procure a one way MT103 SWIFT diskette to enable me
decode and reprogram your data in the system and trigger the transfer to
connect with your bank. As soon as the transfer is successfully done and you
confirm the funds in your account with your bank, I will destroy the MT103
SWIFT diskette and clean up the system to avoid any trace.

In other for us to proceed in this regard accordingly without mistake,
kindly forward these details immediately i.e.;

Full Name:
Address:
Direct Tel/Fax:
Direct email Address:
Amount Involved:

Finally, mutual co-operation is highly needed by both of us to enable us
perfect this transaction without any hindrance.

I urgently await your response.

Yours truly,

DR OLUFEMI C. ENA
INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR

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