‘Nigerian’ Advance Fee Email Scams · 2004

This is a collection of fraudulent email messages from Nigeria and elsewhere around the world. We are not the source of these messages! We just collect the ones we receive and document them here for the benefit of people who might be tempted to take up the con artists’ offers. We are not able to respond to inquiries about them. Although messages of this kind have proliferated since the advent of email, this is in fact a very old scam that predates the Internet. The online fraud advisories from the United States Secret Service provide further information.

If you’ve been a victim of an “advance fee fraud” message like those shown below; or an Internet identity theft or phishing scam; or one of the many online lottery scams; or an online penny stock scheme, you may wish to contact a lawyer or postal inspector in your state or country.

Please note: Scammers sometimes use the names of real people or legitimate orgainzations in their messages, but that doesn’t mean the person or organization named is in any way dishonest. Anyone can send a message saying “I am the president of XYZ Bank and I need your help to smuggle money out of my country”—and that’s just what the scammers do. The real XYZ Bank doesn’t have anything to do with it, and there is no money to be smuggled out of the country. If you take the bait, the scammers will try to get you to send money to them in order to pay “bribes” or “customs fees” to grease the transaction, and once they have your money in their hands, you will never hear from them again (hence the name advance fee fraud for this type of scam).

Advance Fee Fraud Examples · 2004

• Niger Delta Development Commission (30 December 2004)
• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (29 December 2004)
• Frank Botolo and the Late Wooin Shim (28 December 2004)
• Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (27 December 2004)
• JULLET MOORE, and CLEMENT MOORE of Zimbabwe (27 December 2004)
• PAUL RHODES, CHIPINGE FARMS, ZIMBABWE (24 December 2004)
• Barrister Henry Abubaka (20 December 2004)
• CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO OF NIGERIA (16 December 2004)
• Rev. Dr. Steven Mashall, FMPR (13 December 2004)
• From Senwice: Iraqi Bank Accounts (9 December 2004)
• APEX BANK, Telex Money Transfer (6 December 2004)
• Victor Bruce: London-Netherlands Bank (5 December 2004)
• Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (4 December 2004)
• MR. ISU VICTOR, son of a cocoa merchant (2 December 2004)
• Colonel Henry Kabba of Ghana (28 November 2004)
• FRANK IBENEME. Abuja National Stadium (24 November 2004)
• MRS. FAEZALE ABDULKALAM of Kuwait (17 November 2004)
• Jun Cheng, Bank of Korea (15 November 2004)
• Cosmas Dikke and the Niger Delta Oil Spillage (15 November 2004)
• Chief Eric Emeje: TOP SECRET (15 November 2004)
• Morrison Achemba of Zimbabwe (13 November 2004)
• ERIC OKADIGBO and the Nigerian Senate (12 November 2004)
• GERALD WELSH and ALEX COLE (12 November 2004)
• BADE CRAIG & ASSOCIATES (11 November 2004)
• UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (10 November 2004)
• Department of Minerals and Energy (7 November 2004)
• Adams Darang, a Sudanese National (3 November 2004)
• Roy Luster and MR. CHIENCHEN YU (2 November 2004)
• Michael Dede, the son of Dr. Samuel Dede (31 October 2004)
• Jim Jean, request for investment partnership (27 October 2004)
• David Sewel, BADER PARK, BOWERHILL (24 October 2004)
• Barrister Steve Nwa and Mrs. Ann Parker (22 October 2004)
• Benha Utaka, Banque Togolaise (22 October 2004)
• Abidjan Ministry of Works & Housing (21 October 2004)
• Williams Deborah, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire (21 October 2004)
• Barrister Kumar Bello and Alhaji Rewani Lukeman (20 October 2004)
• Ruth Rusanganwa and the Hutsis [sic] (15 October 2004)
• DIAMOND DEPOSIT of Dr Ammed Aideed of Togo (11 October 2004)
• MR ANDRE LUCAS of South Africa (10 October 2004)
• EPOSTORIAL GUINEA! (9 October 2004)
• Niger Delta Development Corporation (8 October 2004)
• MINSTRY OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCE (7 October 2004)
• Barrister BENSON ALEGBE CHAMBERS (7 October 2004)
• MRS REBECCA ATKINS & MR SMITH ATKINS (7 October 2004)
• 250 kg of Gold Dust in Metallic Boxes! (1 October 2004)
• FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (1 October 2004)
• Dr. JUDE KOFFI, Standard Security, GHANA (12 September 2004)
• African Development Bank Group (9 September 2004)
• MRS GRACE KUDDA of BOUAKE (9 September 2004)
• Mrs. Mariam S. Abacha … Again! (3 September 2004)
• Fourthy Million United States Dollars! (24 August 2004)
• Mr. Oscar Khalid, NedBank Plc (23 August 2004)
• Diamond and Gold Merchant in Freetown (21 August 2004)
• Raad Ibrahim, a former merchant of Dubai (21 August 2004)
• Personal Secretary of Mikhail Khodorkovsky (19 August 2004)
• STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC NIGERIA (16 August 2004)
• Dr. Adams Osime of the Contract Review Panel (16 August 2004)
• Eik Paul, or Paul Eik, Merchant of Dubai (10 August 2004)
• Shadak Shari, Merchant of Dubai (8 August 2004)
• RICHARD VINSEN: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST.. (8 August 2004)
• Mr. Peter Gordon and Mr. Victor Ratnavale (7 August 2004)
• Rainbow Gold and Diamond Mine Company (6 August 2004)
• John Rosevette, Central Bank of Liberia (3 August 2004)
• Mr. Hansen James, Operational Manager (2 August 2004)