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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: "THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITIBANK OF AMERICA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <citibankdept.intlremit@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:01:56 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT FROM THE CITIBANK OF AMERICA

Citibank of United States of America
1101 Pennsylvania Ave Nw #1000,
Washington, DC 20004
Tel :(+1202)591-2212)
Fax:(+1202)362-6541.)

Attn:Sir,

My name is Mr. Morris J.Brown,the Director of the International remittance department of the Citibank of Washington DC United States of America, Sir due to much corruptions in the Nigerian banks and ministries, the united nation organization and the Nigerian government inconjuction with the international court of justice (ICJ)has concluded and have an agreement that the Citibank of Washington DC,united states of America will take the responsibility of paying all the
Nigerian foreign beneficiaries their over long contractual /inheritance fund into their respective bank account without further delay from the Citibank account.

Sir, be informed that you name and email address was included in the list of the beneficiaries given to us by the Nigeria government to effect their payment into their respective bank account.

Therefore for the immediate release of your part payment of five million united states Dollars(5M.) into your bank account, you are advised to reconfirm to us if the bank account stated below is chosen by you to receive your inheritance fund as it is the account we found in your file here.

Account number:3789667295
Swift Code: B0faus3n
Bank name: Barclays Bank of America
Bank Address: 2502 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard Clarksville, TN 3704.
Account Name: Peter Kabus

If this bank account is not chosen by you to receive this fund, please inform us to avoid paying into a wrong account, and you are advised to reconfirm to us the following information



1) Your full Names____________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) Your occupation____________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Your cel phone number_____________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Your full banking details___________________________________________________________________________________________

5) Your age/ marital status_____________________________________________________________________________________________


Immediately we receive all the above mentioned information, this office will process and wire transfer your inheritance sum of 5M$ into your bank account with delay.

Thanks
Mr. Morris Brown.
Tel :( +1202)591-2212)

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