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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: "ALLIANCE LEICESTER BANK PLC." <alb_remittancedept@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: albremittance@accountant.com
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:08:38 +0000
Subject: WIRE TRANSFER NOTIFICATION!!!

ALLIANCE LEICESTER BANK PLC.
South West Business Centre 1st Floor,
Alliance House,
12 Baldwin Street,
BRISTOL, BS1 1SD
, London.


RE: TRANSFER OF FUNDS (TWO MILLION EURO.).

Att: Daniel Arian,

I am in response to your email. This email is to inform you that your banking that was forwarded to us by the LOTTERY PROMOTION, to enable us initiate a Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer of your Prize 2,000,000.00 (Two Million Euro) to your designated bank account. As follow below:
 
BANK NAME: NATIONAL BANK OF NEWZEALAND.
ACCOUNT HOLDERS NAME:DANIEL ARIAN.
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: 060185028875923
BANK SWIFT CODE:ANZBNZ 22
BANK ADDRESS:MOUNT ROSKILL,AUCKLAND,NEWZEALAND
 
For the immediate transfer of your funds, you are required as the beneficiary, to forward to this office a Bank Transfer commission fee and Cost of Telegraphic Transfer  of £1, 540 (One Thousand Five Hundred and Fourty Pounds). This charge is to enable us initiate a Telegraphic Transfer of your funds 2,000,000.00  (Two Million Euro.) to your designated Bank Account.

This charge should be sent through Western Union Money Transfer or Bank Transfer, as soon as you acknowlegde this mail, the Bank information of the assigned Cash Office will be forward to you to make the required fees so that your prize wire transfer wil be initiate as slated.

Note: The Cost Of Transfer is required by the Cable and Wire Department of our Bank, to enble your Prize to be Transfer to your Bank Account through Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T.T.). As soon as you pay the require cost of Transfer of your Prize, the Transfer of your prize will be initiate and the Transfer will be complete with 4 working days.
After payment, you are to send a scanned copy of receipt of payment forwarded to your Claim Agent, and also send a Copy to us via fax or email, for documentation purpose.
We are glad to be at your service.

Regards,
Duncan Kenneth
DIRECTOR INT’L REMITTANCE DEPT,
ALLIANCE LEICESTER BANK PLC.
LONDON.
 
NOTE: YOUR PRIZE DEPOSIT IS BEEN COVERED WITH HARD COVER POLICY, AND IT IS ALSO STATED IN YOUR WINNER CERTIFIACET THAT YOU ARE TO BE PAID IN FULL YOUR ACTUAL PRIZE DEPOSIT FOR TRANSFER.


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