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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: infor Private <financedept86@gmail.com>
Reply-To: inforprivate00@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 11:32:36 -0700
Subject: Imperative Matter

Hello Sir
My client is, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, The former Petroulum
Minister,NNPC to the formal president of Nigeria right in a trouble,
Following the leakage of the infamous state capture report in Nigeria
involving the Alison-Madueke family and subsequent release of an
affidavit by the former finance Minister (Ngozi Okoji Iwula)
containing
details of "suspicious" bank transactions by Diezani Alison- Madueke
owned companies which lead to the ongoing investigation on the Madueke
known bank accounts by the big banks in Dubai ,United States and South
Africa.


Please read the link
http://www.nan.ng/news/breaking-diezani-forfeits-153m-to-fg/
http://breaking.com.ng/nigeria/diezani-forfeits-153m-deposited-in-3-banks-to-fg/
http://thenationonlineng.net/ex-oil-minister-allison-madueke-to-face-trial-in-london/
http://therenaissanceng.com/why-allison-madueke-was-arrested-in-london
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/breaking-diezani-forfeits-153m-fg/\

Because of this indictment, my client Diezani Alison-Madueke is no longer
comfortable in operating in London (and given the fact that his
boss who is the president just lose an Elelection in 2015) he wants
his proxy accounts
that I am in control of closed quietly and the cash moved to an
Offshore locations where it will be put into the banking system by a
professional that will oversee the operation and invest it in the real
sector of an economy in any part of the world that have good
prospects. So we are looking for Manufacturers, Real estate
developers, Construction Companies, and Oil Exploration Companies,
Hotel Resorts, Mining Corporations that can manage this fund
injection. The total amount to be entrusted in your custody is
$250,000,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty million us dollars).


Please write me if you believe you or your organization can handle
this operation/cash injection quietly. Upon your response, I will
inform you on what you will be entitled to if we go into cooperation.
We will have to meet in person to discuss and structure out the
business plan before commencement.

please kindly reply on this private email for security reason
inforprivate00@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,
Duru

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