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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: "Mrs Abimbola Okutade" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <simitades1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 03:36:08 -0700
Subject: My Best Wishes!! Can We Do This?

Hello,
 
Please accept my apologies if this request does not meet your personal ethics as it is not intended to
cause you any embarrassment in what ever form. I got your contact after an extensive on-line
searching for a reliable individual who can assist in this transaction that is based on total TRUST and
OUTSTANDING QUALITIES.
 
Am Mrs Abimbola Okutade a Senior accountant of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) headquarters here in Lagos, Nigeria. I have an interesting business proposal for you that will
be of immense benefit to us. So on the mandate of my partner i hereby solicit for your urgent
assistance.
 
Last year the above mentioned Corporation awarded a contract valued Eighty Six Million, Seven
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$86,700,000.00) to some Foreign Oil Firms for the supply
of Rigs & Drilling Equipment, this contract was over invoiced to One Hundred and Fifteen Million, Three
hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($US115,300,000.00)
Now the original contract sum has since been paid, on your acceptance to work with us as a foreign
partner, we would transfer the said over invoiced sum of Twenty eight million,six hundred thousand
United State Dollars   (US$28.6m Only) to your provided foreign Bank Account for safe keeping.
Once this is done we will be coming over to your country for immediate sharing of the said fund based
on our agreed sharing percentage.
 
Your acknowledgment email MUST be addressed to this email (simitades1@gmail.com) for further
directives and security reasons my subsequent response shall be through my private email account
and whereby you are not interested, please indicate so that i can seek for the assistance of someone
else.
 
My Regards,
Abimbola Okutade

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