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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: "State Inheritance Committee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stateinheritancecommitte@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:39:35 +0100
Subject: STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE



Attention: Beneficiary,

STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE

We received the letter this morning claiming from one Mrs Grace Allen stating that you are dead and
apparently have instructed her to claim your fund and make it via bank to bank direct to the designate
account below

Bank Name: CHASE BANK
Bank Address: 2075 S. Victoria Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003
Bank Phone Number: 800 788-7000
Account Name: Mrs Grace Allen
Ac Type: Checking
ABA # 322271627
Acct # 1951204345
Amount: US $ 1.3 Million USD

Do revert back to us upon confirmation of this email within 48hrs to ascertain if you know or gave Mrs Grace
Allen the rights /privilages to make claim or we will have no option than to forward the payment to her as
you have instructed.

Meanwhile, we wish to officially inform you that if you have not instructed Mrs Grace Allen to make claim,
an ATM card worth one Million three Hundred Thousand ($ 1.3 Million USD) will be credited in your favor in
bid to compensate you on your inheritance payment with the Republic of Ghana since you are next on our
payment file for the final part of this fiscal Year 2013

we want to complete every inheritance, contractors,lotto payment between now and the next 10 working
days time before all accounts will be audited. We will instructed the card center to prepare and send you
the ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE in the world.Contact me
directly with the following information below for proper / immediate confirmation and verification processing
of the Card:

1. FULL NAME_________________
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER_________________
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO (PO BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE) _________________
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION_________________
5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION _________________

We shall be expecting to receive your information. For now you have to stop any further communication
with anybody or office. In this regards, do not hesitate to contact Me (Favour Onyeomah) for more details
and direction, and also please do update me if you receive any information from any Office or Anybody
apart this Office. Pls get back to us now.

Regards
Mr favour Onyeomah
State Inheritance Committee

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