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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: WORLD DEBT COMMITTEE <oba009@att.net>
Reply-To: WORLD DEBT COMMITTEE <smithbrown58@katamail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:32:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REPLY ASAP!!!



WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL/FAX: +44-870-4793240


ATTENTION PLEASE!!






RE-LONG OVERDUE FUND TRANSFER PAYMENT OF US$10.5M IN YOUR NAME AND FAVOUR:




WE ARE WORLD DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE NEWLY SET UP BY THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONCILIATION AND DEVELOPMENT (WORLD BANK) AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF). BASED ON THE INABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOME DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, COMMERCIAL BANKS AND WORLD LOTTERY ORGANIZATION, TO SETTLE THEIR CLIENTS CONTRACT DEBT, INHERITANCE FUND AND WINNING PRIZE FUND, YOUR NAME IS NEXT ON THE LIST TO BE PAID.




BUT TWO GENTLEMEN WHO CAME FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO CLAIM THE FUND ON YOUR BEHALF AND THE REASON GIVEN TO US IS THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SENT THEM, THAT YOU ARE TERMINAL SICK. DURING INTERROGATIONS.THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COME BACK IN 4 DAYS WITH A LETTER OF PROOF FROM YOU. FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION, AND TO KNOW IF YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SENT THEM FOR THE CLAIM. IF INDEED YOU ARE THE ONE THAT INSTRUCTED THEM TO MAKE CLAIM ON YOUR BEHALF, PLEASE GIVE THEM THE LETTER OF PROOF BUT IF YOU ARE NOT, YOU SHOULD RECONFIRM THE UNDER LISTED INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE US DOCUMENT AND RELEASE YOUR FUND WITHOUT DELAY.




1.Name in full. 2.Address.3.Nationality.. 4.Phone. 5.Marital Status. 6.Your Occupation. 7.Company Name & Position. 8 Age. 9.Sex.




THE HON. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL IMMEDIATELY SIGN THE APPROVAL AND THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO THEM. OUR DESIRE IS TO SERVE YOU BETTER. AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE OR BETTER STILL, YOU CAN CONTACT THE REMITTANCE DIRECTOR DR SMITH BROWN :VIA EMAIL smithbrown57@katamail.com




YOURS FAITHFULLY,




MIKEL OBA (MRS)
Secretary (WDRC)

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