joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "URGENT FUND REMITTANCE BENEFICIARY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pedroleeremittdp@yeah.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:04:50 +0800
Subject: URGENT FUND REMITTANCE BENEFICIARY

TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER SECTION
CITIC BANK OF CHINA. .
CITIC ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING,XIANG LU ROAD,BEIJIN
OUR REF:CH/12/TL/345
YOUR REF: BA441123

GREETINGS,.

I AM SENDING YOU THIS VERY EMAIL TO ASKED IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND AND RECIEVE SEVEN MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY ($7, 567, 000, 00) IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AT YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM IF ITS BEEN WIRED FROM CHINA TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY?.

THIS IS TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER SYSTEM AND WITH MY POSITION AS THE BANK SECTION HEAD(REMITTANCE & SETTLEMENT), CONSIDER IT DONE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I WILL COVER IT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS FUND IS TRANSFERRED OUT OF CHINA TO YOU IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT THE BANK ACKNOWNLEDGEMENT OR WHOM ITS MIGHT CONCERN BUT ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TRUST,HONEST,TRUTH AND FULL CO-OPERATION, SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND WITHIN A VERY SHORT LITTLE TIME.
ON THESE REGARDS,I NEEDS YOUR QUICK RESPONSE,SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY AND WE BOTH HAVE 50% EACH SHARE....

THIS IS 100% REAL,SAVE AND RISK FREE BECAUSE THE BANK HAS NO KNOWNLEDGE ABOUT THIS LEFT OVER CASH AND THEY CANNOT TRACE IT ONCE I WILL USE YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS ACCOUNT AND MOVE THIS FUND OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BANK REQUIRE
YOU ARE TO FILL THE FORM BELOW, AS A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO CLAIM THE FUND,AND OTHER REQUIREMENT WOULD BE COVERED UP BY ME OK.
PLEASE FILL UP CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO US IF ONLY INTRESTED
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY.................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
EMAIL;.............................................
CITY/STATE:.......................................
COUNTRY:..........................................
NATIONALITY:......................................
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
OCCUPATION--------------------------------------
TEL NO:...........................................
ONCE I RECEIVED THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS, l WILL IMMEDIATELY PROCESS THE NECESSARY FUND RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON YOUR NAMES SO AS THE BANK MANAGER WILL BE CONVINCED AND TRANSFER THIS FUNDS TO YOU AS THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY WITHOUT ANY CROSS QUESTION.
We will get back to you upon the reciept of your response.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
Mr Pedro Lee
Email: pedroleeremittdp@yeah.net
SECTION HEAD(REMITTANCE & SETTLEMENT)CITIC BANK OF CHINA
GLOBAL TELEX TRANSFER SECTION ASIA PACIFIC

Anti-fraud resources: