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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: " HAKIM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hakim.dgege@live.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:18:12 +0200
Subject: I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY./

Un Office Of Legal Affairs,
Security and Investigation.
Millbank Tower 21-24 Milbank London
SW1P 4QH United Kingdom Currently in Nigeria (Special Duty) + 234- 80 -518- 13- 135

ATTN: RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT.
I am the newly appointed Director United Nation Legal Affairs,Security and Investigation, TO look into foreign outstanding overdue payments i ran into your file and find out that your payments is outstanding .
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (UMARU MUSA YA" ADUA) and his Decision Making Body, The Executive Arms of the government, has directed me to come down to Nigeria to Investigate your fund and to make sure that we approve all outstanding debts owned to Foreign beneficiaries by the government of Nigeria in this First quarter of this fiscal year 2009/10
Note.; that the money in question is $35.5 million usd to be transfered into your account. this money was as a result of the over-invoicing of certain contracts by officials of the Petroleum Corporation N N P C .With no one laying claims to this over-invoiced amount. that is the origin of the fund. after much finding, its was discovered that you are the original beneficiary to the said contract entitlement.NOT;;CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA .
This decision was taken based on the abnormalities and inability of the BANKS in Nigeria to Release your fund into your bank account Whereby it was discovered that some Directors in Central Bank of NIGERIA being the Federal Government of Nigeria were diverting foreign beneficiaries funds to another account of their choices overseas. In view of this,during our investigation i found out that an account was submitted to divert your fund to a Germany account. Bellow is the account submitted on your behalf and I want you to confirm if you are aware of the new development because we are about effecting payment to the account stated bellow soon. if you are not aware of this man then reconfirm your informations.
Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA
Bank: FRANKFURTER BANK
A/C No.: 367840545
Code: 50050201
Finally, be informed that a payment instruction has been issued and forwarded to the Treasury Department MD MR YAHAYA IN LONDON in favour of you and for immediate release of your fund to the account above without any further prejudice.But there is no way we can approve the fund to your account without you confirming it if you have changed your account for your fund to be transfer to the Beneficiary: CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA BANK ACCOUNT IN GERMANY. Contact me immediately for further clarification. to know if you have giving instruction to transfer your fund to the above account today. On behalf of the entire management of United Nations, we are congratulating you in advance and if you fail to contact this office on or before 74rs from now then we will now wire the fund to the German account.
1). YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2).YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
3). YOUR OCCUPATION AND AGE
4; YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS
5;YOUR NATIONALITY
KINDLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ID.,
NOTE;IF YOU DID NOT AUTHORISE CERSTIN WENGER SHENOUDA THE PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATIONS WITHOUT ANY DELAY.
Get back to me with the required informations so i can forward it to MR YAHAYA in London to prepare your change of account certificate. or you can as well call MR YAHAYA.+44-70-240-19-139
ALAHAJI KHALIFA HAKIM

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