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: ATM PAYMENT CARD <atm_card_atm02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <azizapatricks@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:01:56 -0500
Subject: RE: NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR ATM CARD.






RE: NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR ATM CARD.



NOTIFICATION
ABOUT YOUR ATM CARD.
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT
SETTLEMENT
CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA.

ATTENTION
BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR
CONTRACT /INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT
OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED
THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE
ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVIVE YOU THAT
SUCH AN ILEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT
SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT ASIA PACIFIC, THAT
IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT UMAR MUSA YAR ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.THIS OFFICE WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM
IS TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR
FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT OFFICE AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL
NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE
ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT
OCCUPATION
5. A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT

CONTACT
PERSON:
DR. PATRICK AZIZA
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL :( azizapatricks@yahoo.fr
)
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT OFFICE HAS
BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2006. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH
ANY OTHER PERSON (S) OR OFFICE(s). THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING
YOUR PAYMENT. EMAIL azizapatricks@yahoo.fr
AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT
MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY
DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

(MR. SADIQ
ALMAN)
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA
ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR FUND
BENEFICIARIES.
_________________________________________________________________
Discover the new Windows Vista
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

Anti-fraud resources: