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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <skyebanknig40@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:20:16 +0000
Subject: SKYE BANK OF NIG PLC IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.....




Head Office:3, Akin Adesola St, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria CASH PAYMENT SERVICE LTDORDER FROM FMFREG.ORDER NO:SH 23122Email: skyebanknig40@googlemail.com
Cell Number:234-8034406424 ATTENTION: CATEGORY "A" BENEFICIARY.

SKYE BANK OF NIG PLC IMMEDIATE PAYMENT.....


WE WISH TO NOTIFY YOU THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A CREDIT DIRECTIVES FROM OUR CORRESPONDING BANK HERE IN NIGERIA, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TO PAYYOU YOUR INHERITANCE/CONTRACT INTEREST FUND WORTH $3,750M. THE SKYE BANK NIG PLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS CONCLUDED TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT, REGARDS TO THE ENDORSMENT OF YOUR PAYMENT CERTIFICATE RECEIVED FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT THIS BANK WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION TO ENABLE US CROSS CHECK WITH THE INFORMATION SENT TO US FROM OURCORRESPONDINGBANK CBN, TO CONFIRM IF YOU ARE THE AUTHORIZED BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND. WITH THE ONE FORWARDED TO US BY THE CBN. 1) YOUR FULL NAMES...2) YOUR ADRESS WHERE THE FUND WILL BE DELIVERED...3) YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER...4) YOUR FORM OF IDENTIFICATION...5) YOUR OCCUPATION AND AGE... UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR URGENT RESPOND, THE SKYE BANK NIG PLC WILL PROCEED FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR FUND AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR PROPER CONFIRMATION OF YOUR PAYMENT. YOURS TRULY, DR,JOHN OBIPAYMENT DIRECTORSKYE BANK NIG PLC.

Anti-fraud resources: