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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: "Federal Reserve Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alexalivia@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:36:56 -0700
Subject: Federal Reserve Bank Of St Louis

Federal Reserve Bank Of St Louis,
411 Locust Street, St. Louis,
Missouri (United States)

Greetings...My Dear Friend,

I got your contact email address through a personal search and decided to let you know about this packaged financial transaction that will benefit us.

I am Ms Barbara Renovato, the Auditing Manager of the Federal Reserve Bank Of St Louis(Missouri) On the course of the 2009 end of the year\'s report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager had One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollar ( USD$1.500.000.00) of which my head Office is not aware of and will never be aware, I have also PLACED this fund on An ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT Deposit without a beneficiary.

As the manager in the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.

I will compensate you with 40% as gratification while 60% will be for me.In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve because It will be a bank-to-bank transfer.this is very confidential transaction please.

I will appreciate your timely response.

NOTE: Please if however, you are not willing to assist, kindly delete this email in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to enable me look for A Capable one.

With Regards,
Ms Barbara Renovato
Email: alexalivia@aol.com

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