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: "CBN BANK ADMIN OFFICE" <drandyibehcihp.@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drandyibehcihp@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:45:56 +0100
Subject: Attn: Dear Beneficiary,

OFFICE OF:
DR. ANDY IBEH
CBN BANK ADMIN OFFICER,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Attn: Dear Beneficiary,

Sequel to the recent meeting of the board members of the I.M.F debt
reconciliation commission in Washington D.C,this is to inform you of a very
important resolution that is bound to bring smiles to your face, and at the
same time bring to pass your long years of expectation regarding your long
over due inheritance fund on your favor, which was brought from the WORLD BANK
by the I.M.F on your behalf.

At the meeting, the issue of the release of your inheritance fund valued at:
$25M USD was brought up and ratified, after going through the report of what
most of you beneficiaries have gone through at the hands of past Government
agencies, officials and institutions saddled with the responsibility of
releasing your fund. In order to put a stop to this, the headquarters of I.M.F
has directed me to ensure that your fund is immediately released to you after
verification of all statutory requirements.

Please report to this office if any individual or institution that further
contacts you on this issue,as all of them have been warned through all the
relevant authorities to desist from contacting any beneficiary.

You are required to acknowledge this mail so that further details of your fund
release will be communicated to you. While we regret all inconveniences the
non release of this your fund might have caused you and your family, you are
reminded that we have a time frame within which to round off the release funds
and submit our reports, meaning that time is of great essence in this matter.

All the necessary arrangement has been made with the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
(CBN) on the possible way of releasing the fund to you immediately you send
the vital below information such as:

(a) YOUR FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS=
(b) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS=
(C) YOUR DRIVER LICENSE OR ID=
(D) YOUR PRIVATE CELL PHONE=

Thanks for your understanding in this regard as i look forward to your urgent
reply.

Yours truly,

DR. ANDY IBEH
CBN BANK ADMIN OFFICER,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.


Anti-fraud resources: