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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: "Bobby Nelson." <nelsonbobby38@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:28:40 +0000
Subject: Awaiting your reply.

Precisely, on 15th Nov, 2012 a man by the name MR. EUGENE SCHNEIDER walked
into my office and requested that we transfer to his account your
inheritance fund of $5.5 Million Dollars which is due to pay to you as
Contract/Inheritance fund. He presented some documents among which were a
Power of Attorney which supported his claims that you contracted him to
front you as a Next of Kin.

The primary reason for contacting you is because on the Power of Attorney
he presented before me it bears his own signature and not your and this has
made me curious and so i decided to contact you being the Director of the
organization before giving instructions that the transfer of funds to his
bank account be proceeded with.

DETAILS OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT

Account Name: Eugene .C. Schneider
Bank Name: Regions Bank
Bank Branch: Anaheim, California
Account Type: Checking
Account Number: 11001319323
ABA Routing Number: 263191387

As soon as I receive the confirmation that you duly authorized him to
receive the fund on your behalf, then I will immediately proceed with the
transfer of the funds to his account.

Awaiting your reply.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Nelson Bobby
FUND TRANSFER CONTROLLER

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