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: "Mr.Fredrick Ibee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <westunionpayoff@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 22:10:50 -0800
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,

Attention Beneficiary,
 
Your winning Price of Eight hundred and fifty thousand usd.($850,000USD)
has been forwarded to Western Union for immediate transfer to you as soon
as you meet up with the demands of the renewal and reconfirmation fee of
your payment file $75 Us Dollars so please waste no time to call the
management so that they will start transfering your fund  +229 68 22 11 30
 
Contact: Mr.Adams Peter
Director Western Union Payment Office
Benin Republic Tel: +229 68 22 11 30
EMAIL:( westunionpayoff@yahoo.com.ph )
 
Send to him your full contact informations such as:
Your name;=====
Your phone number;======
Your country;=====
 
Take note that as soon as you send to him this information he will be able
to transfer your $5000 usd to the name you are going to send to him as
instructed.NOTE; This payment is directed to be made available in your name
as soon as you meet up with the demands of the renewal and reconfirmation
fee of your payment file with the transfer charge of $75 Us Dollars only he will
let you have the information on how the fee will be sent to them for easy
pickup of your fund as soon as the transfer is done in your name.
 
Best Regards,
Mr.Fredrick Ibee

Anti-fraud resources: