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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: "ALHAJI BUNU FAROUK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bunuff1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:23:03 -0700
Subject: PLEASE CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PAYMENT DIVERSION

ATTENTION OF: BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY.



By legislative resolution reached on 30th April, 2010 following the
complaint and petition received by the Office of the President and Commander in
Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (ALHAJI UMARU USMAN
YARADUA) from foreign beneficiaries over the non-payment of their claims, this
presidential commission on fact finding and foreign payment was inaugurated to
release immediately all the payment that have received approval like yours.



We are pleased to inform you that we have verified every aspect of your payment
and have submitted a written report to the President of Nigeria, the House of
Senate and the Federal House of Representative sub committees on Finance and
Foreign Payment. We are going to transfer your payment upon receiving your
confirmation because we are confused on which account to make the transfer into
as we received a Scotland Bank Account details from this man claiming to be the
rightful beneficiary thereby contradicting your earlier account detail in our
data bank.



PLEASE CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION



(1). Did you at any point transfer your right of ownership to one MR.
THOMAS G. HENDERSON, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?



(2). His claim was backed with a "Deed of Agreement "in his favor
thereby indicating the fund destination to the following account. Account name:
THOMAS G. HENDERSON, Account No: 01028732 Bank Name: BANK OF SCOTLAND, Swift
Code: BOFSGB2S are you aware of this?



You are required as a matter of urgency to confirm the legitimacy of the above
claim and the reason for such change. In event you did not authorize such claim,
please confirm to us immediately by way of application for contract payment
stating your;

(1)Authentic account details;
(2)Contract Number and Amount;
(3) Full Names;
(4) Next of Kin;
(5) Occupation;
(6) Your Reachable Telephone Number;

The above requested information is required for the authentication and
normalization account information in our data base. All letters must be
attention to the Chairman of the Commission ALHAJI BUNU FAROUK. You are
required to submit this authentication before the transfer will be effected as
we are bound to recognize THOMAS G. HENDERSON'S claim and release the payment
if we do not receive your submission to this enquiry as quickly as possible.


ALHAJI BUNU FAROUK
Chairman of the Commission
Email; bunuf6@gmail.com

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