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: "DAVID MARK" <lasuman7@att.net>
Reply-To: <victorndoma@one.co.il>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:40:57 -0000
Subject: AURGENT RESPONSE

OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
WUSE-ABUJA NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
 
ATTN: Beneficiary ,
 
We, the entire members of the Senate, on behalf of the Government of Federal Republic of Nigerian, Under the auspices of the  President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Mr.Lamido Sanusi Lamido held a meeting last week concerning unpaid payment, allocation / compensation list of contractors, inheritance, next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that originated from Europe, Asia, Middle east and Americans,On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated. At this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment.
 
Now your new Payment Reference No.-321009871,  Allocation No: 6890132 , Password No :AB911001, Pin Code No:01977 and Certificate of Merit Payment No :103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No:ws0014433 ; Secret Code No: XXFGN013, Having received these vital payment information,  You are now qualified  to received and confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria within 24hrs.
 
You are required and directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Contact Person: Sen. Victor Ndoma, Contact Email:victorndoma@one.co.il, Contact and inform him that you received an email from this officerequiring you to re-confirm! the following information and to advice further you on how to process and receive your funds.
 
1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.PHONES AND FAX NUMBER,
3.FULL ADDRESS
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION.
5.SCANNED COPY OF I.D
 
Best Regards
 
MR.DAVID MARK
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
 
 

Anti-fraud resources: