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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: "EMMAUEL YAYI" <emmauelyayi3@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUNDS IS READY TO TRANSFER


*WEST AFRICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE*
(WAMI)
Branch Office
Complex 6, carre 3452 GRA Avenue Akpakpa
Tel: (+229) 93-992-240
Email: institutemonitoring@live.fr <institutemonitoring@yahoo.it>
Website: http://www.wami-imao.org/english/roles.htm
*COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC*.


<http://www.wami-imao.org/menu/fr/index.htm>
*Ref. CTS/D975/754/T6*

* Value Attention; Dear friend,
I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public debt a
committee set up by West African Monitoring Institution (WAMI) under the
able presidency . My office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks
and financial institutions here in Africa, that is to tell you that I am
committed to up holding and defending the constitution and laws of West
African Monitoring Institution as well as achieving a higher level of public
safety and security through the prosecution of criminals in the state.

The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and
settle all outstanding total pending payment owned and Records before i
resume work have revealed that your payment has not been effected as a
result of official negligence as your fund has been identified either as
ghost file, unclaimed deposits, and over-invoiced sum etc, this is due to
many abnormalities which had happened in the institutions where some top
official of the apex Banks are interested in your payment and they
collaborate with impostors who are carrying a fake portfolios with levies
misled and misguided about the position of your fund and having the
opportunity to extort money from you that made it too longer up till date
that explains why you receive different kinds of untrue emails and phone
call from different people everyday.

So, be inform that we have concluded all the necessary arrangement towards
the release of your payment but due to the prevailing situation worldwide on
cash movement and transfer of huge sum of money, your payment has since
being deposited with our (OFF-SHORE PAYMENT CENTRE) AFFILIATED TO WORLD
ASSOCIATIONS OF DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES.

Base on the information we received from our paying office today, as the
truthfully beneficiary of this payment, you are responsible to pay $185 for
your PROGRAMMING as the authorities demand which we described as selective
payment to enable the programming of the information in the micro chip
compartment which will comply with DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES to effect the
transfer of your fund exactly on the particular date or period (24 hours)
specified in the transfer script text for the fund to be made available to
you any way you wish to receive it. Please reconfirm your name, address and
telephone to this E-mail: ( institutemonitoring@live.fr) so that we can
advice you on how to send the money across to enable us finalise this
transfer this week.Your payment shall be made as soon as this information
needed from you is submitted through our paying office by wire transfer or
by a certify bank bond America Express Cheques all the transfer charges will
be deducted from your total sum as long as you send the $185 for the
programming of the information . The consequences of not adhering to this
warning would be yours.Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice
not to accept any E-mail telephone calls that does not come from this office
in regards to your payment this is to forestall new effort towards a
diversion of your payment..
Accept our congratulations in advance. Call +229-93-992-240 for more
clerification.

Best regards,
Mr. Emma Adimorah
Wami-Institution
Cotonou, Benin Republic
*
*WEST AFRICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE*
Head office
Premier Towers 8th & 9th Floors
PMB CT 75, Cantonment
Accra, Ghana

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