joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marianfono@w.cn>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:55:33 +0100
Subject: CLAIM YOUR FUNDS BEFORE IS LATE .

Good day. I'm contacting you for the last time. Come and claim your funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before it becomes too late.
My name is ms Maria Nfono. I am a computer scientist working with Central Bank of Nigeria. I am 25years old, just started working with (CBN). I saw your file marked X and your released Disk painted RED. I took time to study it and tried to find out why the funds were not released to you. The most annoying thing is that these wicked and selfish men will never tell you the truth that they wont release the funds to you, instead they would want you to spend your money unnecessarily. I do not intend to work here forever. I can help you claim your funds by directing you to the sincere and authorized person that can legitimately release your entire fund to you. But you must certify my security from these evil men.
I have to do this because you need to know the status of your fund and the cause for none release of your fund. This is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria but you may not understand because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing needed to release these funds to you is the Original Anti Drug/Terrorist Clearance Certificate. This will be tendered to your nominated bank and the Internal Revenue Service IRS for Clearance of the transferring fund into your account. Once the Original Anti Drug/Terrorist Clearance Certificate is cleared, fund will immediately reflect in your bank within 24hours. They have been fooling you all these while and you have not been issued with the Original Had Copy of the Agreement.
The reason is that the people you were dealing with are only deceiving you. They have not been working any thing for you. What they are after is the money you will send to them. They never worked any thing for the release of your payment and they wont tell you the truth. Original Certificates is all it takes to complete this transaction. The only authorized and sincere person that will issue you the Original Documents and transfer your funds to you is Mr.Alfred  Dickson. Please when contacting him, make sure you indicate your file letter X and tell her its painted color Red, so that she will be able to recognize your file.
The new President of Nigeria made a compensation fund release for all unpaid beneficiaries/contractors valued at US$10.7million. Therefore, you are not going to receive your original initial fund payment. The compensation fund release bonus will be added to your original fund payment. The entire fund both your initial payment and the compensation fund will be transferred to your bank account once the Original Legal Documents are cleared.
Listed below are the mafias and banks behind the non-release of your fund that I managed to sneak out for your kind perusal.
1) Prof. Charles Soludo, Former CBN Governor
2) Chief Joseph Sanusi
3) Dr. R. Rasheed
4) Barrister Awele Ugorji
5) Mr. Roland Ngwa
6) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams
7) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi
8) Mr. Tunde Lemo
9) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala
10) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili
11) Barr Jacob Onyema
12) Dr. Godwin Oboh: Director Union Bank of Nigeria
13) Mr. John Collins: Global Diplomat Director
14) Foreign fund diplomatic courier
15) Barr. Becky Owens
16) Rev. Steven Jones
17) Bank of Africa
18) Mr. Michael Wagner
19) ADB Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
20) FSA UK
21) NATWEST BANK
22) Credit Bank
23) Esther Nenadi Usman Former minister of finance
24) Fraudsters Nigerian EFCC
Please get back to me ASAP if you are still interested in claming your fund.
Yours sincerely,
Maria Nfono.
EMAIL:marianfono@w.cn
 

Anti-fraud resources: