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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: "Lintus Freeler Esq." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lintusfreeler13esq@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:13:42 -0400
Subject: From Lintus Freeler & Associates ...Get back to us immediately

Dear Beneficiary,

We at Lintus Freeler & Associates have been duely contracted by the African Government and United Nations to process and effect remittance of all overdue outstanding funds belonging to beneficiaries all over the world.
We have also been informed on how unauthorized officials and staffs of the remitting banks and security companies have been taking advantage of beneficiaries like you by extorting and telling you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will only make your fund payment a long drawn out process. This was the reason why we have been contracted and assigned to ensure that we process and actualize the immediate remittance of your over due funds which has been lingering on for a long time now.

Against this backdrop, we have decided to step into the process of your fund release remittance and transfer to enable your funds be released and transferred to you within the soonest possible time.

You are to get back to us immediately without needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are being demanded from you by the remitting bank and unauthorized officials in the past who has been on your transaction for a long time and have been making series of demands of funds from you without any positive action. You are also warned to stop any further correspondence from any body or agent in relation to your transaction henceforth to avoid jeopardizing our efforts to serve you better.
Kindly note that all process to have your funds released to you immediately through the CBN's Liaison Remittance Office in the United states of America and united kingdom have been initiated to cut out unnecessarily costs and bureaucratic bottlenecks that has been a hindrance to you over the years.

Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to any one or the Remitting Bank in Africa, Europe, Asia, England or America or to any body as they shall no longer be handling your payment process.

We shall await your immediate correspondence via this mail lintusfreeleresq@gmail.com with your direct telephone numbers for re-confirmation so that we can conclude your payment immediately.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely,
Lintus Freeler Esq.

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