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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 george Raphel <mrgeorgeraphel@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: unionofficewestern15@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:57:10 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: GOOD MORNING;DEAR CUSTOMER,




GOOD MORNING;DEAR CUSTOMER,
 
COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TO GETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY, THIS IS TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF ORDER FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE DATED 17 / 10 / 2011.
 
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE AND HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED EXPRESS MANDATE AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR.PRESIDENT, DR THOMAS YAYI BONI (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE TO COMMENCE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS THROUGH
 
THIS MEDIUM OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER FOR EARSY CONFIRMATION AND YOU SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT THROUGH THIS MEDIUM OF WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BE RECEIVING ($5000) ONLY PER DAY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUNDS ($3.8million)IS OMPLETELY TRANSFERRED TO YOU HOWEVER;
 
THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WISHS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FIRST INSTALMENT PAYMENT SUM OF ($5000 usd)HAS BEING SENT IN YOUR ADDRESS THIS MORNING BUT THE PAYMENT HAS PLACE ON HOLD BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FULFILLED OUR RULES AND REGULATION UNDER FORIEGIN TRANSACTION,
 
ACCORDING TO OUR FORIEGIN TRANSACTION STRATEGY THE TRANSACTION WILL COST YOU SUM OF ($198 usd) FOR THE SIGNING AND STAMPING FEE OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE, PLESAE CALL ME WITHIN THIS Tell Phone  +229 98 260 811 IMMEDIATELY OK
 
1) STAMP FEE $60 .00
2) SIGN FEE $ 138 .00
3) TOTAL SUM OF $198 USD ONLY
 
SO MY DEAR IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, WE HEREBY ADVISED YOU TO USE BELOW INFORMATION AND SEND THE STAMP AND SIGN FEE IMMEDIATELY THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE FIRST ($5000) FOR YOU TODAY
BELOW ARE THE RECEIVER DETAILS,
 
RECEIP NAME /  SAM CHIKA
TEXT QUESTION / HOW
ANSWER / LONG
COUNTRY / BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY / COTONOU
AMOUNT / $198 USD ONLY
 
BE RE-ASSURED OF THIS WESTERN UNION INTEGRITY AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY.
THANKS, I AWAIT YOUR UNGENT RESPOND,
REGARDS
Mr George Raphel
MANAGER FOREIGN OPERATION
EMAIL= ( unionofficewestern15@yahoo.com.hk  )

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