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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: Alhaji Nurudeen Fagbenro <ndfagbenro11@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:16:57 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Re: Your Outstanding Payment

Alhaji Nurudeen Fagbenro Wema Bank Plc. 54 Marina Street,Lagos-Nigeria Attn: Category "A" Beneficiary Dear Sir, Happy new year with a good news from the office of the Presidency, Federal Republic of Nigeria We write to bring to your urgent attention that the incumbent President of this Country acting on the strict instruction from the World Bank Group,United Nations Organization (UNO),the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has directed us to investigate the reasons associated with the unnecessary delay to the release of your outstanding payment and effect your transfer from government reserve account immediately.The appointment of this Bank to correct all the anomalies and delay surrounding your payment was further authenticated and endorsed by the World Bank delegates that visited this country recently in order to find a lasting solution associated with the release of foreign payment. During the course of our investigations, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by some dubious and corrupt officials in the government THAT ARE TRYING TO DIVERT YOUR FUNDS INTO THEIR PRIVATE ACCOUNTS FOR SELFISH REASONS BY IMPOSITION OF NON-EXISTENCE TAXES. In telegraphic transfers all over the world, what the remitting bank does is to deduct all charges from the beneficiary's principle sum and remit the balance and you have been warned for your own interest to stop all your correspondences with any other party,office or individual because authority to effect transfer has been withdrawn from them. Before we proceed to transfer the above sum into your Bank Account, we would like you to re-confirm once again your Authentic Bank information.This measure adopted by this bank which is the appointed Bank of settlement for debts and services by the Federal Government of Nigeria and World Bank delegates is not to hurt you but is to guard against payment to a wrong beneficiary or transfer of fund into a wrong account because one lawyer came here last week with a bank account in Korea claiming that you sent him but the Managements of the bank were surprised because he did not provide a letter of consent from you.We are going to expedite action on the remittance of your total sum by Swift Telegraphic Transfer immediately we hear from you. Thanks while we look forward to the pleasure of hearing from you soonest. Yours Faithfully, Alhaji Nurudeen Fagbenro Director,International Remittance Office ............................................................................................................................................................. WARNING: The information contained in this e-mail and its attachments is intended for the use of the Wema Bank of Nigeria or entity to whom it is addressed, and may have confidential data. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately send it back and delete the received message. Any retention, dissemination, distribution or copy of this message is strictly prohibited by law.

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