joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rose Dossou Bill\(DTBC/FMF\)" <good.1281@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: goodservicess@live.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 07:17:18 +0530 (IST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?R09PRCBORVdTIEZST00gTVJTIFJPU0UgRE9TU09VIFlPVVIgRlVORCBVU0Qk?=
=?utf-8?B?Ni40IE1JTExJT04u4oCP?=





Attention: Please,
 
I am Mrs Rose Dossou Bill from Ministry of Finance Benin [FMF] I wish to use this medium to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE Payment of (Six Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars "USD$6.4 M" approved by U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND UNITED NATIONS have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all your $6.4M in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$5,000 Only. We have mandated Diamond Bank International Plc to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your $6.4M in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world.

 
You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of Diamond Bank International Plc;
Contact Person: Mr. Johnson Benson "DAD"
Tel: +229.987.682.08
Fax:  +229.988.608.9
Mail ID:  info@benindiamondbank.tk
 
Tell Mr. Johnson Benson that you received a message from the Ministry of Finance Instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your total funds $6.4M in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world.
Note: Contact him with your Personal Contact info such as-
 
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) OCCUPATION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
6) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENCE:
 
Send him your complete address Where you want them to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you, we are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past years. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.
 
Best Regards.
Mrs Rose Dossou Bill(DTBC/FMF).

Anti-fraud resources: