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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: WORLD BANK AUDITORS TONY FREEMAN <wbauditorsinnigeria_tony@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:45:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CALL ME IMMEDIATELY


WORLD BANK AUDITORS IN
NIGERIA.
PLOT 657 AGU AVE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEL(234-1-476-9958)

(wbauditorsinnigeria_tony@yahoo.co.uk)


DATE: 3 2006

ATTENTION; Amarjit Singh.

I am Mr. Tony Freemen, the Chairman, debt reconciliation committee of the WORLD BANK AUDITORS IN NIGERIA and in cognizance with the credit cover of CBN duly adopted by the Senate Committee on Foreign Payment as requested for a fund movement cover in your favor. In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the following reasons:
1. My Office desks have just received a sworn affidavit to re-route your payment into a new bank account number as stated Prudential Bank and Trust Co (Zamora Branch) Account #: 5068-1117-8.
2. Please, confirm to our department if you have instructed anyone to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf.
3. Please, confirm if you have authorized us through your agents to issue cash call payment remittance to them on your behalf.
4. Please, also confirm if you have authorized your attorney to change your banking particulars to the following particulars stated below:

Prudential Bank & Trust Co (Zamora Branch)
Zamora Street, Pandacan, Manila, Philippines
Bank FSD Account # 5068-1117-8
Of Nabil Bahij Jahas
6. Also re-confirm your Contract Number, Contract Amount, Private Telephone and Fax number, your e-mail address, Office or home address, so that we can cross-check it with our file records.
We have decided to contact you because we suspected that somebody is trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit of means, into a new different bank account. Already, their associates have requested us to place a cash call order in their favor on your behalf, but we discovered that your signature was forged.
regarding the above stated. Please inform him and acknowledge your acceptance to the above stated, but if not, please do not hesitate to inform him very urgently, so that he can stop the diversion of your fund. For security reasons, please contact him through e-mail to avoid interception.
Best regards.
TONY FREEMAN.
FOR WOLD BANK AUDITORS IN NIGERIA.


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