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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: ecowas lome <ecowasbankk@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:03:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SUBJECT: PRE- INFORMATIONS NOTICE.



DIRECTOR FOREIGN UNIT DEPARTMENT
MR ALEXIS LAMSEH LOOKY
TEL:  +22 8 92 51 39 25
DIRECTLINE NET-WORK-D-1-LINE
E-EMAIL:utbbank@utbtogo.com
LOME-TOGO WEST AFRICA
DATE 24/11/2011.

ATTN:BENEFICIARY,
 
                     SUBJECT: PRE- INFORMATIONS NOTICE.



              IMMEDIATE REMITTANCE ORDER OF USD

BE INFORMED THAT THE AFFILIATE BANK IN EUROPE HAS BEEN ADVISE VIA OUR OFFSHORE RESERVE DATABASE TO RELEASE YOUR FUNDS IMMEDIATELY BASED ON CROSS BORDER TAXATION  LAWS ON TRANSIT, WE CANT MOVE YOUR FUNDS DIRECTLY TO YOUR DESIGNATED ACCOUNT SORRY.

I THEREFORE ADVICE YOU TO SPEAK WITH THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF FUNDS CREDIT FILES TO TREAT YOUR MATTER URGENTLY AS YOU ARE ENLISTED FOR THE LAST QUARTER FISCAL PAYMENT  OF THE YEAR 2011, AND YOU CAN RECONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT TO HIM FOR COMPARISMS TO AVOID WRONG TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND.

LASTLY, DEMAND THE PAYING BANK TO RELEASE YOUR PAYMENT REFERENCE NUMBER , VERY IMPORTANT BEFORE TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT, AS THRU THIS REFERENCE NUMBER THE FUND WAS REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME AS THE ONLY BENEFICIARY WITH THE APEX BANK OF TOGO I MEAN CENTRAL BANK LOME TOGO.

THANK YOU KINDLY.
MR ALEXIS LAMSEH LOOKY
DIRECTOR GENERAL 


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