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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: Union Trust Vaulting Services <clientele.info@utvsmail.com>
Reply-To: utvs.tmclienteleconcern1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 21:43:39 +0300 (MSK)
Subject: Re - Important Update From UTVS

Union Trust Vaulting Services Office Address: Lord Crawford House, Tennyson Sutton Area 1, London SMT 4TE, United Kingdom. Phone: +447024014479 Email: utvs.clienteleconcern1@live.com Cc Concern: Lottery Winner, This is Union Trust Vaulting Services. We have been instructed to update you with the latest as regards your 3.5 Million US Dollars lottery funds that was deposited in our custody on your behalf. The deposit of your lottery winning funds follows the notification that you were sent three months ago, informing you of your winning in the conducted Coca-Cola Promo Lottery programme. Presently, for logistics reasons, the Coca-Cola company gave a directive that your winning funds should be lodged with a bank for safe transfer to you. In line with this arrangement therefore, we have lodged your 3.5 Million US Dollars lottery winning funds with our corresponding bank, the United Bank for Africa (UBA), for onward transfer to you. The rationale behind our choice of the UBA, as your funds transfer bank is hinged on the fact that it operates a swift wire-transfer system that guarantees without delay, swift transfer of funds to any bank account in the world. Therefore, you are to get in touch with the bank immediately with its details herein provided - United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC, Funds Transfer Officer: Mr. James Danbaba Tel:+234 7042163599 [International Exchange], 0700 UBA Connect Email: jamesdanbaba.ubacustomerservice2@yahoo.com.hk You are expected now to make contact with the funds transfer officer of the bank, Mr. James Danbaba, via his email address listed above, providing your details below for easy identification. Do have a nice time and best of luck to you - Your Full Names: Your Complete Contact Address: Your Direct Phone Number: Much regards, Teddy Macpherson (Officer-in-charge) Tel: +447024014479.

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