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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 Nhlanhla" <m-yo@gov-za.comxa.com>
Reply-To: d.nhlanhla@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:32:20 +0200
Subject: SA-Government Project, please reply


This message is;
For your kind attention Sir,

My name is Mr. D Nhlanhla; I am a senior government official in the department of works and housing of the Republic of South Africa and chairman of the board in charge of award, execution and supervision of all contracts in the Ministry of works and Housing. In 2007, I personally monitored and supervised the award of contracts for the supply of building materials and construction of ultra modern shopping complexes and medium / low cost housing units in the Eastern Cape, North and Eastern areas of the Natal province.

Myself and two of my colleagues serving in the board, deliberately inflated and over invoiced the contract sum, leaving an excess of US$80,500,000.00 (Eighty million five hundred thousand United States dollars). At the completion of the contract, the real contract sum was paid to the original contractors, leaving the excess, which we reported to the federal Government that it belongs to the sub-contractor that handled part of the original contract. But the company we submitted as the beneficiary was a non-existing foreign company, which was a purported attempt by us to divert the money for our private use. I do not intend to mince words with you, I have to tell you the truth; this is a deal but it is 100% risk-free and genuine because the contract has been perfectly and genuinely executed and completed. It depends on whether you are interested or not.

Right now this amount is due for payment and is floating in the treasury not attached to anyone/company. We are only three people who know the origin of this fund. But we cannot claim it by ourselves because we are civil servants, therefore looking for a trustworthy foreign company / individual whose name we can use to claim the money.

This is strictly a business deal, but secured one because we will use our official positions to source all the necessary approvals to reflect that you and your Company genuinely executed and completed the contract. All necessary arrangements have been put in place in all the relevant departments for immediate approval of this payment.

For your co-operation, we have agreed to offer you 30 % of the entire amount on conclusion of the transaction while 70% will be for us. Please if you are interested in this proposal, I want you to respond immediately for further information and directives.

This transaction is expected to be completed within 14 working days and is highly confidential and discreet.

Thank you for your co-operation. Your urgent reply is awaited.

Best Regards,

Mr. David Nhlanhla

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