joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transferred into your bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Economic & Financial Crimes Commission Economic & Financial Crimes Commission <mr_nuhu_ribadu_efcc@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:15:12 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS...




Head Office: 15 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Website: http://www.efccnigeria.org/
TEL: +234-8112572, TELEFAX: +234-8112572


ATTN: Mr. VICTIMNAME .


Dear Sir/Madam,

DEBT PAYMENT NOTICE.

This letter will definately be amazing to you because of it’s realistic value.

Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of Inheritance Payment transaction with some Nigerian Officials some while ago.


I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like to introduce myself; I am (Mr. Nuhu Ribadu) the rightful chairman of "E.F.C.C", Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.


On the 1st of October 2003, the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a Commission named the "E.F.C.C", (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) which is duly registered under the United Nations (U.N.O). This particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/fund delays/interrupted funds Payments and to also Settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large.

Presently, we are being paid by the American government inother to avert beneficiary funds delays here in Nigeria.


So far, we have succeeded in Settling the likes of (Mrs. Daisy Fox, Mr. Edward Smyth etc).


You are being contacted by this office today dated (22nd June, 2006) because your Case File (A) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet.


From our Intelligent investigations and Probing processes we discovered that you had Paid all the most important fees to the responsible Nigerian officials incharge of your funds and yet they have selfishly refused to remitted your long term funds into your Bank Account, as the Real beneficiary.

Through our Intelligent Monitoring Unit (I.M.U), we discovered that one of the staffs on the Paying Bank (The Central Bank of Nigeria) had connived with some other foreigners, inother to repatriate your funds from the NDLEA into a Bank Account in Spain, with another beneficiary name and information. From all indications, this is the major reason why you had not received your funds.

This suspect's name is presently withheld under the Federal Law Court.


Here in The Federal Republic of Nigeria, the "E.F.C.C", (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission), is faithfully in my full governance as the Chairman of the great Commission. Already, I have started probing all the staffs of CBN and NDLEA, and believe me any guilty one will face the wrath of law for interruption of payment/forgery/impersonation.


As the case maybe, you are immediately required to furnish this probing/investigation office with the following listed informations immediately so that your indebted funds can be transferred into your Bank Account.


1. Your residential address.
2. Private telephone/ mobile and fax number (for regular official contacts).
3. Your inheritance funds value.


These above-mentioned informations will officially enable us to carry out our verification processes and after that your long-term indebted payment sum will be wired into your designated bank account directly.


Your immediate compliance to this will expedite actions on your debt payment/inheritance payment because here in this office, we have alot of listed victims to be settled.




YOURS SINCERELY,

MR. NUHU RIBADU.
Chairman EFCC.
TEL: +234-8112572


Powered by Information Communication Technology Dept., (C) 2006 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC


---------------------------------
Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam