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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: "BENNETH PEPPOS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <negaramalaysia557@mailbox.hu>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 03:49:06 -0400
Subject: RE:IMMEDIATE RE-APPROVAL AND PART-PAYMENT OF YOUR OVER DUE FUND CLAIM,

WORLD BANK AUDITORS /FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE { WBA/ FATF }
INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON ASSESSMENT AND APPROVALS OF FUNDS.
SITTING IN KUALA LUMPUR -- MALAYSIA.

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

RE: IMMEDIATE RE-APPROVAL AND PART - PAYMENT OF YOUR OVER DUE FUND CLAIM

I am writing to inform you that we are responsible for the non release of your overdue executed contract fund due to several petitions and speculations that controversially thronged round your payment file which you are unaware of.

Be informed that your payment file was under intensive and meticulous scrutiny to ascertain the legitimacy and authenticity of your fund claim, by our disseminated regional agencies around the globe.

This was as a result of petitions from undisclosed Indigenous financial regulatory agency of the country from which your overdue fund originated from , asking our authority to impound your fund, as there are unconfirmed reports suggesting conspiracy,scam process and siphoning intents.

We have been investigating this matter in alliance with world bank and united nations security council delegated officials, association of international financial intelligence agencies, during the just concluded international conference in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

We have satisfactorily scrutinized your fund official papers of claim and have found it legitimate and authentic, following the confirmation of validity and genuineness of several fund transfer official papers of claim documents and few fund transfer certification clearances both nationally and internationally. We therefore nullify those petitions and allegations as malicious attempts made by individuals whom you have been relying on, to swindle you, make you frustrated,come away bankruptcy and give up the pursuit of your legitimately acquired fund. Then they will divert the fund to untraceable bank account abroad for their selfish interest and enrichment, at your detriment.

Since this inception, we have received numerous fake pleads from individuals who falsely declared that you have mandated them by given certified power of attorney to present different bank accounts where your overdue fund will subsequently be remitted without your deservedly knowledge.
But these scandalous requests and illicit application remains invalid as record shows that you are the sole beneficiary and signatory to this re-approved fund payment official papers of claim.

To the above effect, we the parental and apex body of all financial regulatory agencies have decided to contact you, to inform you that the Re-approval of PART payment of $ 5 Million only is in the offing, to end your undeserved months of wait for this payment. You are therefore advised to contact us immediately or the newly accredited paying bank whose contact info is mentioned below, with your reconfirmed personal info to ensure correctness in reprocessing and payemnt of your fund.

NOTE THAT - due to job ineptitude and confirmed reports of menace of corruption of extortion of fees by the former banks that was seeing to the releasie of your fund in the past, this commission is hereby officially informing you that your fund will now be released by our newly accredited paying bank, and you are to contact the banker in charge of your file at the below unveiled contact details.

Consequently you are therefore warned in your own interest to desist from honoring unauthorised faxes/Telephone calls and emails that is not from this Financial Action Task Force commission in Malaysia for your own safety and gains.

Below is the detailed contact information of the authorized person in charge of your payment.

CONTACT HIM WITH BELOW INFO:

NAME OF BANK: BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA.
PERSON TO CONTACT: MR. MOHD MAHAYIDDIN {DEPUTY GOVERNOR OPERATIONS}
DIRECT TELEPHONE: + 601 66987752
E-- MAIL ADDRESS: negaramalaysia6682@mailbox.hu

REGARDS.

Yours Faithfully.

MR. BENNETH PEPPOS {DIRECTOR}
FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE. {EAST ASIA CHAPTER }

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