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: "Mrs.Henlen Combs" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <helencombs.centbank@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:51:22 -0500
Subject: Letter of inquiry on your payment.

BANK OF ENGLAND (B.O.E)
WATERSIDE, PO Box 365, HARMONDSWORTH,
MIDDLESEX UB7 0GB ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.
27 APRIL 2012.

Letter of inquiry on your payment.

ATTN:BENEFICIARY,
A power of attorney was forwarded to my office this morning by two gentle men , one of them is a Philippine national and he is ENGR . GILBERT M. USON by name while the other person is Mr. JACK BENARD by name your legal adviser a CANADIAN national.

This gentlemen claimed to be the representative of your family/ company, and this power of attorney stated that you have died, they brought an account to replace your information and claimed your fund of (USD$ 19.5M) Nineteen Million Five Hundred United State Dollars which it is right now lying DORMANT and UNCLAIMED IN AN UNDISCLOSED BANK, below is the new account they have submitted:

BANK.-BPI BANK
QUEZON AVE. DELTA BRANCH
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
ACCOUNT NO. 2984-0008-66
SWIFT CODE. BOPIPHMM

further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered and died of a throat cancer. You are therefore given 48hrs to confirm the truth in this information if you are still alive by sending to the (B.O.E) your personal contact information.

YOUR NAME.
HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS.
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
FAX.
OCCUPATION.
AGE.
COUNTRY.

Be informed that any further delay from your side could be dangerous, as we would not be held responsible of wrong payment which is a result of neglect or carelessness.

Regards.
Mrs. Helen Combs
+447924591676

Anti-fraud resources: