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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: BANK OF AFRICA/OCEANIC BANK <oceanic_bank_ouaga77@voila.fr>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:43:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Bank Of Africa/Oceanic Bank international plc.


  From The Desk Of: International Settlement Dept.
Bank Of Africa/Oceanic Bank international plcTeleFax:+226 70 25 01 57Email:oceanic_bank_ouaga77@voila.fr Re:Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification ATTEN: DEAR 
Your Name And Your Contact Details Was Given To This Office In Respect Of  Your Total lnherited/Contract Sum  Owed To You Which You Have Failed To Claim Because Of Either Non-Compliance Of Official Processes Or Because Of  Your Unbelief  Of  The Reality Of  Your Genuine Payment,We Wish To Bring To You The Solution To This Problem.Right Now We Have Arranged Your Payment Through Our Swift Card Payment Centers, That Is The Latest Instruction From Economic Community Of West African and the UNITED NATION (ECOWAS and the United Nation )   
  
This Card Center Will Send To You An ATM DEBIT Card Which You Will Use To Withdraw Your Money In Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World, So If You Like To Receive Your Fund In This Way, Please Let Us Know By Contacting Us Back And Also Send The bellow informations as stated therein Following Information As Listed Below. 1. Full Name...........
2. Phone .................
3. Address ..........................
(P.O Box Not Acceptable) 
4. Your Age And Current Occupation.............
5. Attach Copy Of Your Identification ................. We Have Been Mandated By The ECOWAS Parliament To Issue Out $3.500 usd Million  in your favour This fiscal year 2011 as your name and address apear in the list as one of those who have lose huge amount of money from the scames. Also For Your Information, You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With Any Other Person (S) Or Office(S) To Avoid Any Hitches In Receiving Your Payment. Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issued You Our Code Of Conduct, Which Is (ATM-202) So You Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Center By Using It As Your Subject. All so we want to let you know that all the perpar work regarding your fund has done by the bank board directors.  the only fees you are to send is the delivery fees for the Courier Compan, And It will cost you sum of $275 dollars only for delivery of the card to your door step: attention and noticefication have been
confirmend, waiting for your urgent reply to enable us proceeding.   lnternational Settlement Dept.
Bank Of Africa/Oceanic Bank international plc. 

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