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: Burkham Finance <adu1@msn.com>
Reply-To: <atm.fund@inMail24.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:40:06 +0000
Subject: INFORMATION ON YOUR ATM CARD BENEFICIARY



ATM CARD PAYMENT FUND BENEFICIARIES
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT.
TEL: +234-808 88 633-009
E-MAIL(atm.fund@inMail24.com)

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

I AM AMBASSADOR WILLIAM PENN, NATIONAL SPECIAL ADVISER TO PRESIDENT ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY 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 FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF $800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) ONLY.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT HAS 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 CENTER IN AMERICA EUROPEAN ASIAN PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER 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 OF EACH WITHDRAWAL IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY WHICH YOU HAVE TO WITHDRAW FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER TRANSACTION UNTIL YOU FINISH WITHDRAWING YOUR TOTAL SUM OF $800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS).

SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER ALONG WITH YOUR INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW TO ENABLE US FINISH UP WITH YOUR ATM CARD PROCESSING AND ISSUING SINCE IT IS INTER-SWITCH WHICH CAN ALLOW YOU TO MAKE ALL TRANSACTION WITHING ANY ATM MACHINE AT YOUR REACH.

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4.YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION AND POSITION

ENDEAVOR TO GET BACK TO US ON TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE US UPDATE OUR FOREIGN PAYMENT RECORDS.

BEST REGARDS,

AMBASSADOR. WILLIAM PENN
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT.
TEL: +234-808 88 633-009
E-MAIL(atm.fund@inMail24.com)

Anti-fraud resources: