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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: western_unionffice@wss-id.org
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:28:40 -1200
Subject: N/A

Attention: Dear Customer,

How are you and your family.

This is to officially informed you that we have concluded arrangements to
effect your payment of($850,000) through WESTERN UNION Swift Money transfer
services today, but the maximum amount you will be receiving every day
starting from tomorrow is $6,000.00 as reflected in our transfer
system daily until the funds is completely transferred.

This special arrangement is being used to avoid all scrupulous demands by both
the states and federal authorities that have previously delayed your payment
till date; we shall need your maximum co-operation to ensure that strictness
and confidence is maintained to avoid any further delays.You are to discard
any request asking you to send money to any agency such as courier
company,Bank and Security Agency as there are no such and any money committed
their will be regret, so be wise.

Please contact the Accredited WESTERN UNION Agent via (western_unionffice@wss-
id.org) for the details of your first payment of $6,000 Euro and reconfirm
your correct details that you will like the first transfer to be program with
such as Receivers Name, destination where you will like the transfer to be
send to and your cell phone number for urgent communication if the need arise.


Remember your obligation to secure an International Remittance Form as stated
in United Nation act of (FRT209) that will help build and renew your transfer
file for record keeping as a way of checkmating the present Economics crisis
situations.Contact the below Electronic Transfer unit of
WESTERN UNION for immediate programming of your first transfer:

Name: Robert Muller
Mobile:+229-68650389
Email: western_unionffice@wss-id.org

We need the below details from you, to enable us fully activate the
payment to your name for it to reflect in your country's western union
branch office, and to update our file records:
1. YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. Postal ADDRESS:
3. PHONE NUMBER:
4. CELL NUMBERS:
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:
6. SEX:
7. AGE:
8. OCCUPATION:
9. INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH:

Furthermore you are advised to call us as the instruction was passed that
within 6 hours without hearing from you, Consider your payment canceled.

Number to call is the below listed managing director's office of the
release order:+229-68-65-0389.
Thanks
(Western Union Mgr Benin Rep®

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