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: Finance Ministry <paulmentoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: westernu203@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:28:48 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY,


Western Unionbsp;



Welcome to Western Union
Send Money
Worldwide
FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN
UNION
MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN
REPUBLIC
ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA
ROAD COTONOU.
WEB:http://site.www.
westernunion.com/




DEAR
BENEFICIARY,



THIS IS TO
LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MINISTER OF FINANCE DR BEN JOHNSON HAS ORDERED THAT THE
ONLY MONEY YOU WILL SEND NOW IS JUST $55 US DOLLARS SO THAT WE WILL START
SENDING TO YOU YOUR $5000 US DOLLARS DAILY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUND OF TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00) IS PAID TO YOU AND IF YOU FAIL
TO COMPLY BY SENDING THIS FEE WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THIS ORDER,YOUR TOTAL FUND
WOULD BE CONFISCATED AND IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO GOVERNMENT PURSE,HE SAID THAT
THIS IS THE FINAL ORDER.



SO I URGE
YOU TO TRY AND SEE THAT YOU SEND THE $55 US DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU
RECEIVE THIS EMAIL TODAY SO THAT WE WILL FINALIZE EVERY THING TO TODAY,BY
TOMORROW,YOU WILL START TO BE RECEIVING YOUR FIRST $5000 US DOLLARS
DAILY.




BELOW ARE
THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO SEND THE $55 US DOLLARS OK.



NAME...........MR.
FRANCIS IWUNO
CITY................COTONOU
COUNTRY.........BENIN REPUBLIC

QUESTION........WHAT COLOR
ANSWER.............GREEN

AMOUNT...........$55
MTCN............
SENDERS
NAME?

Email: westernu203@rediffmail.com



YOUR FULL
NAME......
YOUR COUNTRY.......
YOUR CITY...........
YOUR
AGE.........
YOUR FULL ADDRESS.....


YOU ARE TO
SEND THE PAYMENT INFORMATION'S IMMEDIATELY .

Yours faithfully in service.

Green
Lord

Anti-fraud resources: