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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: "Foreigners Fund Release Dept." <youthtrain@eircom.net>
Reply-To: "fundreleasedept2009@live.com" <fundreleasedept2009@live.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:49:14 +0100 (IST)
Subject: Reply Urgently To Claim Your Pending Fund.

DEAR; BENEFICIARY.

I'm Mrs. Helen Robinson the foreign verification and payment sectary to the British Government and Chairman House committee Payment and verification on foreign contractors and Foreign Affairs office of the British Prime Minister.

He told me to Contact all the Foreigners that are waiting for their Payment, with regards to series of petition we are receiving from unpaid (Foreign contractors, Inheritance,next of kin, Uk National lotto and all other sort of Lotteries beneficiaries, that originated from America, Europe, Asia, especially Africa government that usually don't pay their contract funds, and other Debts owned to foreigners, most especially for the circulation of funds to lucky foreigner's to help guide against the negative effect of the present Global Financial Crisis on our society, to as well help you set up any small or large scale business of your choice in you location.

Based on this fact the British/African Government undergo thorough investigation to ascertain the cause and find out that there are some officials that cooperate with outsiders to extort money from foreigners.

So the United Nations then held a meeting and made a resolution that all foreigners contractors and those that are waiting their Bank draft payment and ATM Payment to be paid by Cash through Online Banking system, which is the fastest and reliable way of receiving payment, in other to beat those fraudsters in Africa that export money from Foreigners without releasing their Fund to them.

Be informed that all the Bank Drafts, ATM, and other Funds that was on hold by Customs, Drug Law Enforcement Agency, I.M.F and others asking for not ending charges and another from Africa, Europe, America has been re-called back and converted to Cash payment system and channeled to Northern Bank Ltd UK, which they will now pay through their secure and most trusted online banking system, after all foreigner's fund has been reverted/re-called back , each beneficiary has been allocated and approved to receive 2.8 Million Pounds (Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand, Pounds Sterling).

So you should then stop any further communication regards to your fund with any office in Africa, or any were else.

File to claim your Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand, Pounds Sterling, as soon as you received this e-mail, you are to re-confirm your current full contact information as shown below to the right payment release Chairman House committee Payment and verification on foreign contractors and Foreign Affairs office;

Beneficiary Full Name:_______________________
Age:_________________________________________
Sex__________________________________________
Occupation::_________________________________
Tel No:______________________________________
Fax No:______________________________________
City:________________________________________
State:_______________________________________
Country:_____________________________________
Zip Code:____________________________________
Mode OF Payment: Online Bank Transfer.

Contact Person,
Dr. Brian Anderson
Chairman House Committee Payment And Verification On Foreign Affair.
E-mail Address; fundreleasedept2009@live.com

Best Regards,
Mrs. Helen Robinson verification and foreign payment sectary
to the British Government and The Chairman House committee
Payment and verification on Contracts and Foreign Affairs
Office to the Prime Minister.

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