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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: Fred Frank <ffank_1956f@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: ffank_1956g@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: ATM card


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ffank_1956f@yahoo.ca

Re: ATM card

- SIR, IN VIEW OF THE DIFFICULTIES BROUGHT BY THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND BECAUSE OF THE MANY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED, OUR BANK IS SUGGESTING TO SEND ATM CARD TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO YOUR FUND FROM ANY CREDITED ATM MACHINE AROUND THE WORLD IN OUR BID TO CLEAR ALL FUNDS CURRENTLY FLOATING AIMLESSLY IN ESCROW ACCOUNT. YOU CAN BE ABLE TO MAKE WITHDRAWALS OF $20,000.00 A DAY AT THE RATE OF $2,000.00 MAXIMUM PER WITHDRAWAL. IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO CREDIT YOUR CARD AND SEND TO YOU. CALL OUR ATM CARD PROCESSING/PAYMENT CENTRES WITH CONTACTS BELOW QOUTING THIS REFERENCE NUMBER REF NO: HSBC/ATM/IRD/CGX/NNC/022/08 ATTN: FRED FRANK, TRUSTED SECURITY SOLUTIONS, 23 SURBITON HILL PARK, SURBITON, SURREY, KT5BEQ, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. NAME: FRED FRANK (EMAIL: ffank_1956g@yahoo.co.uk) TEL: +447031837444, +447024079661, +447024045729 FAX: +447092895177, +447024078761. KINDLY INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE REACHED, YOUR RESIDENTIAL OR COMPANY ADDRESS TO ENABLE HIM SEND DETAIL INFORMATION/DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE YOU RECEIVE THE FUND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE AS ALL MODALITIES AS BEEN PERFECTED. WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE INCONVENIENCES: YOURS IN SERVICE, MR. FRED FRANK.


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