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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: Judith Duke <judith@baku.az>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:17:41 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

I was told to contact you by my boss S.A.N. Harrison David of cshields Associates, who is the accredited attorney to International Trade Bank Africa, this is in regards with the fund you are expecting from Africa /London months years back. This notice is to inform you that, your outstanding contracts/inheritance funds is now with CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, be also informed that a total amount of $7,000,000.00 (seven Million united states dollars) has been cleared for onward release into your account, this includes the contracts/Inheritance you executed plus the interest attached to it. So, you are hereby advised to get back to this chamber and tell us the reason why you have not received your funds until now, i am asking you because after the board of directors executive meeting held yesterday with the presidency/international communities in conjunction with the U.S Homeland security,On how to resolve this delay in payment to beneficiary , i decided to contact you because your payment file was brought during the meeting but we were told to keep it aside till further notice, why? What happened? Do you have evidence towards your outstanding payment? If yes, get back to this office with a hard copies of your claim evidence to enable me know how to assist in this regards. Kindly,contact the Payment Supervisor Dr. Richmond williams via Email: richmondwilliams@k.ro and do reconfirm your address.present Job and telephone numbers for easy communication. Thank you, Judith Duke (PRO)

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