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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. Antonio Miguel" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 18:06:17 -0700
Subject: REMINDER:TRANSIT BULK DELIVERY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION

SWIFT MESSAGE

Swift Input : FIN103 CUSTOMER CREDIT
Date of issue : 07 / 01 / 2009
Maturing at : 23 / 12 / 2009
Amount : 5,390,000.00 EUROS
TRANSIT BULK DELIVERY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION: REF. S076554920134392, (€5,390,000-00=MILLION) ONLY,

Hello Dear,

We refer to thirty- six (36) payments sent to our bank on the 17th of December 2009 under the instructions of the International Centre for Settlement of Contracts & Investments Disputes (ICSID) which is an autonomous international institution established under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Settlement of Contracts Disputes, Lottery Winnings etc. Value was 23rd December 2009. Twenty-seven payments have since been completed, while nine remained pending.
Your name has just been submitted to us as the beneficiary to one of the payments under the following transaction references;

1) TRN S076554920134392
Amount €5,390,000 -00
Value dated 23 December 2009
By order of ICSID via the Central Bank of France
Reference: FR/FMF/BCEAO-47/09ST

We advise as status payment arriving our bank and ready for onward transmission to your account as the final beneficiary. The fund transfer will be credited and completed via swift as a 72hrs (3-days) normal banking period is allowed and shall be taking its normal banking routing and clearing system through our correspondent bank, Laiki Bank (Guernsey) Limited, Channel Islands, Spain and Bank of America, in North Carolina.

Note: Due to the delay of providing your details on how you want to received this fund, the management board has make their decision to raise a certify check on you behalf with out any delay.

So you are advised to send us your personal details direction below for delivering of your check includes your identification and fax or email us immediately.

1) Your Full Name: .................................
2) Your Age: ............................................
3) Marital Status: .....................................
4) Your Cell Phone Number: ..................
5) Your Fax Number: ................... ..........
6) Your Country: ......................................
7) Your Occupation: .............. ..................
8) Sex: .....................................................
9) Your Religion: .....................................
10) Your Address: ...............

Waiting for your prompt respond

Sincerely,

Mr. Antonio Miguel
Manager
Ceca Bank of Spain/UK
Tel: +34 634 120 216
Fax: + 44 7005 921 413
Email: remmitance@officer.com

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