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: "Stuart Symington" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <entwistle@onet.pl>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:57:03 +0200
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
BASED ON THE JULY 15TH, 2015 MEETING BY THE NIGERIAN PRESIDENT
BUHARI WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AN OFFICIAL
MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND MINISTER OF
FINANCE CONCERNING THE UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO FOREIGN
BENEFICIARIES.I WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT
YOU HAVE PAID A LOT OF MONEY AND YET HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
FUNDS. THIS IS WHY I HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED TO HELP DELIVER FUNDS.

I WILL BE COMING FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND I WILL COME ALONG WITH
YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING THE SUM OF $15.8 MILLION THROUGH THE
UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO THE COUNTRY. INTERESTINGLY, I
WILL NOT GO THROUGH CUSTOMS BECAUSE AS AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO
NIGERIA, I AM AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DIPLOMAT AND HAVE DIPLOMATIC
IMMUNITY TO PASS THROUGH CUSTOMS. JUST LIKE I HELPED TWO PERSONS
THAT RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS LAST YEAR 2015 THROUGH FEDEX COURIER
SERVICE.

ENSURE YOU TRACK IT FIRST TO CONFIRM BY YOUR SELF AND IMMEDIATELY
AM THROUGH WITH THE MEETINGS, I SHALL THEN PROCEED TO YOUR
HOME,OK. PLEASE SEND YOUR INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BELOW:-

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. CELL PHONE NUMBER
3. YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS
4. VALID IDENTIFICATION

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR IDENTIFICATION WILL BE NOTARISED IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA TO MAKE THIS A VALID ID SO WE DO NOT
HAVE DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE PLUS SAFEGUARDING
OFFICIAL PERSONNEL TAKING UNDUE ADVANTAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
NOTARIZATION COMES WITH A FEE.

AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT
INFORMATION.I SHALL SEND MY FLIGHT SCHEDULE TO YOU.

ACCESS MY WEBSITE AND READ BIOGRAPHY:
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html

EMAIL: (ambjimentwistle@gmail.com)
TRULY,

AMBASSADOR STUART SYMINGTON,
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA

Anti-fraud resources: