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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: "DR. OBADIAH MALIFIA." <eze7@w5486gbsu.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <dr.obadiahh01@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:47 +0100
Subject: Hello

Dear beneficiary,
 
I work with telex department I am member of the new appointed committee for the Central Bank Of Nigeria. I was directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs. BARBARA KLEIHANS  who claim to be your business associate/partner in Nigeria. They said Mrs. BARBARA KLEIHANS  is claiming to change all your inheritance Information’s that gave to us as our bonafide beneficiary.
 
This development is coming now that the Federal Ministry of Finance wants to offset all outstanding payments to all our legal origin beneficiaries’ around the world in which your payment file was affected. As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a total sum of $10.7 Million U.S Dollars. We need to confirm from you if it’s really true your business associate/partner in Nigeria and if we did not hear from you, it automatically means that you are actually not the beneficiary of they said fund and the information passed to us by BARBARA KLEIHANS  is correct, before we will be able to send signal for approval of the part-payment in accordance with section 290 Act 166 OF 2009. You are to get back to me with your current information’s
 
your fully name:….............................
Your Address:....................
Your Direct / Mobile telephone number:….....
 
This for us to know the true position of things with you so that we would not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account.
 
Your swift response will help this ministry alot. You are advice to resend your full information to this effect in furtherance to these verifications.
 
Best Regards.
 
Dr. Obadiah Maliafa
 
 

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