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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.BENSON KAKA"<federal@ministry.com>
Reply-To: <info.federalministerfinance.nig@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:40:02 -0700
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION FROM FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE : ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE//CALL NOW

>From :Mr. Benson N. Kaka
Federal Ministry of Finance
5th Floor,Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat
Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area Abuja Nigeria.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

My Name is Mr. Benson Kaka I'm the personal secretary to the Minister of Finance. I'm contacting you to confirm from you if actually YOU know one MR. JOHN WHEELER who claims to be your business associate/partner from AMERICA.Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank,IMF and the instruction from THE YAR'ADUA that all outstanding foreign DEBTS especially NTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT should be released to the BENEFICIARIES.

The said MR. JOHN WHEELER is claiming to us that you were dead and have instructed he to make a change of ownership to your funds before your death,there by providing this account information (BANK NAME: CITI BANK,NEW YORK.BANK ADDRESS: NEW YORK, USA. ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809428. ROUTING NUMBER:122006743 A/C NAME: MR. JOHN WHEELER) as the original account information where the said approved $30 Million Dollars will be remitted into.

This development is coming now that the Ministry of Finance wants to set all outstanding payments owed to all foreign beneficiaries around the world by this Country in which your payment file was affected. As you may know, the total amount approved in your favor is the total sum of $30 Million Dollars. And by virtue of claim we need to confirm from you if it's really true that MR. JOHN WHEELER is your business Associate/partner in AMERICA and if we did not hear from you soonest it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by MR. JOHN WHEELER is correct.

You are to contact me through my email address as soon as you receive this message so as to know the true position of things with you so That we won't make any mistake in remitting your outstanding payment to a wrong Person/account. Your swift response will help this ministry a lot Do email me with your Informations below:

Your Name:
Address:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Your Next of Kin Name and your date of Birth:
Your Telephone/Fax number:
Driver's License/int'l Passport

Best Regards.
Mr. Benson Kaka.
secretary to Minister: Federal Ministry Of Finance(FMF).
TEL: +234-8033354382(24 hrs)

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