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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: "AUDIT AND ACCOUNT UNIT (BOA) ATM PAYMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankedward411@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:01:20 +0800
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT VIA BOA BANK-VISA ATM DEBIT CARD.

CENTRAL BANK OF AMERICA
Office of the AUDITOR GENERAL
>From The Desk Of:
Mrs Christine P. Katziff

Attention: Beneficiary,

YOUR PAYMENT VIA BOA BANK-VISA ATM DEBIT CARD.

Account normalization of your banking details has been delayed by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Services Authority (U.S.A). This has made it necessary for your contract payment to be programmed into BANK OF AMERICA Visa Atm Debit Card.The total fund in question is $8,300,000.00. This is the first part of the Payment of which the balance will subsequently be paid into same account.Bank OF AMERICA, (BOA), working in relationship with HSBC BANK LONDON ENGLAND, has concluded to issue you a VISA CARD with which you can access your contract /beneficiary amount $8,300,000.000.00 This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is FIVE Thousand United States Dollars($5,000.00) per day. So if you like to receive your fund in this way,please let us know by contacting the ATM payment department and also send the following information as listed below:

1. Full Name

2. Phone and fax number

3. Address were you want them to send
the ATM card to (p.o box not acceptable)

4. Your age and current
occupation.

You are advice to contact the director of ATM CARD payment Unit for more directives,

Name:Mr Frank Edward
Director,ATM payment department unit
Telephone: +1-713-900-6292
Email: frankedward411@gmail.com

The ATM card payment center was mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2010 to you so bear with us. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,which is (ATM-212) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject OR including it in your e-mail to the center. We anticipate your total compliance to this message immediately.


YOURS
SINCERELY,
Mrs Christine P. Katziff
AUDITOR GENERAL.

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