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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: manager@kadelfinance.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:00:52 +0000
Subject: Long Overdue Payment From IMF

From: Mr. Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo
Managing Director, IMF
Kadel Finance & Security Inc
United Kingdom

Email: manager@kadelfinance.co.uk



ATTENTION: Sir/Madam, From the records of outstanding foreign payments due for
release with banks in Nigeria,South Africa,USA and Dublin. your name and
contact was discovered in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
beneficiaries,
inheritance next of kin, lotto beneficiaries that was originated from Europe ,
among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been
alocated to the,HSBC,Barclays Bank and Bank of America.
Your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a
part-paymentof $2.7million and has been approved already for months.

I wish to inform you because there is a lot of junks mail flying over the
internet and some people are using the advantage to collect payment
information from beneficiaries to defraud them and divert there payment to
another account, that is why your payment will come through Diplomatic means
or through a direct telegarphic transfer to your account.
You are requested to send us your full name and your bank infomation
including your phone number.Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF
(International Monetary Fund)
http://www.imf.org/external/np/omd/bios/rrf.htm failure to pay your
funds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue.
Please reply through my private Email: manager@kadelfinance.co.uk
Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo
Managing Director, IMF



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