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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: "Daniel Amechi" <danielamechi9999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danielamechi@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:32:59 -0400
Subject: Project Management

I am a medium income civil servant here in Africa. By reason of my job appointment,i am privy to certain classified government projects and often, would assist foreign contracting companies with my government, facilitate contract allocations/projects in return for an agreed commission payment to me. Being still in government service, I have a

challenge of receiving my commission payments directly in my accounts here in Africa as any such foreign funds deposits to it will be questioned, placed on hold and likely confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and its likes, for my inability to legitimately prove source and purpose for such funds deposits.


For this reason, do I seek a foreign alliance I can repose with the confidence to hold in proxy, my commission payments, to be further disbursed to accommodate my export needs from Asia as I may further advise upon. Should you be able to provide me with account reference to hold in proxy, such funds as I may channel through you, then we can

establish a certain trade agreement that will most certainly be equally beneficial to you. Often, my commission payments may range from US$150,000 to US$300,000 and for every such funds transfers I may channel through your account(s), you will retain 10% as payments due you for services rendered.

Should you be interested and able to provide services I require, then I will ask that you respond promptly to my mail by providing me with a brief account of yourself/establishment and certainly too, with a copy of any viable form of identification; corporate and or personal. There shall be need also that we have a memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) bothering on our intended business relationship. We will discuss exact content of this upon your consent to take up and render services I require. Do provide me with your direct telephone number and I shall call to discuss furrther.


Yours Faithfully,
Daniel Amechi

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