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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: mr rodney lee <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.rodneylee@barid.com
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:54:38 +0100
Subject: did you send john collins to claim your fund



Dear Friend,

This is to notify you of your fund transfer release notification, we
have concluded your payment and all account information set to be send
to you, however a man named John Collins With information below
claimed you are not active that he should claim your long over due,
$3.5 million dollars, find below his details if you really sent him:

we received a letter of change of ownership today from a certain John
Collins,stating that money for the contract your company executed last
year which has now been approved by the Federal Ministry of finance
for payment,should be paid into the bank account below in his name:

*NAME : JOHN COLLINS
ADDRESS: 11231 BEECHWOOD LANE
WOOD-BURY, MN 55129-9403
.............................
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
1290 AVE AMERICAS FLOOR 5
NEW YORK, NY 10104
..............................
SWIFT CODE: I R V T U S 3 N
CREDIT ACCOUNT: 8900624744
USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
10750 McDermott FWY
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78288-0544

Kindly clarify to us if you sent him because we are about to release
your account information of the $3.5 million dollars to him to futher
start transfer from the account to his designated bank account in
America.

If You did not send him you are advise to provide the details below
for normalization on your behalf and to start processing of your fund
to you. Reply VIA this Email (mr.rodneylee@barid.com)

Full Name:

Telephone No:

Residential address:

Age: / Date of Birth:

Occupation: / Position:

Await to hear from you as you get this mail.
Mr.Rodney lee


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