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. MICHEAL KENNEDY" <info@uba.com>
Reply-To: <michealkennedy165@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 16:38:38 -0800
Subject: = $5.5 MILLION US.DOLLARS FUND =


UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA NIGERIA
OFFICE ADDRESS: UBA HOUSE
57 MARINA P.O. BOX 2406 LAGOS NIGERIA
PHONE +234 7086815455
Greetings, =

=

I must say that I have enormous respect for you considering the manner in =
which I have made contact with you.
=

I am Mr. Micheal Kennedy, Foreign Remittance Manager (F.R.M), United Bank=
for Africa ; We had a meeting with the entire Board of Directors and Inte=
rnational Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) in conjunction with Organization of Africa=
n Unity (O.A.U) today and we have concluded that your compensation payment =
is long overdue to be released to you, in this case get back to me now for =
little instructions to follow and have your compensation payment released t=
o you, both organizations has directed us to pay you FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUN=
DRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($5.500, 000.00) in cash through means=
of diplomatic courier service hand delivery. =

Take Note: Three thousand United States Dollars (U.S $3,000) have been map=
ped out for all expenses, Therefore; do forward your home address and direc=
t phone number, to this email: michealkennedy165@gmail.com
=

For more details please call phone number +234 7086815455
=

=

=

Thanks
=

Congratulations
=

=

MR MICHEAL KENNEDY
Foreign Remittance Manager (F.R.M)
United Bank for Africa
=

=

=

=

=

United Bank for Africa | the Leading Pan-African Bank

Anti-fraud resources: