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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.Timothy Pough" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <timothypough47@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:38:53 -0500
Subject: Contact Me Now For Direction.

Attention: I am Rev. Timothy Pough, I am a US citizen, 67 years Old. I reside here in Dallas Texas. My residential address is as follows. 271 western avenue. Apt 303, Dallas Texas, United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $45,000 while in the US,trying to get my payment all to no avail,i had been a victim of scam for 7 years, i lost my car, my house and i undergo several surgery, i lost so much to those internet scammers wanting me to provide more and more money for documents and so on.. So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents,And I was directed to meet One Director Andrew Liors Of the Rooley Security Agency who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake. He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest man on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $15,000,000.00 (fifteen million dollars) Moreover, Dir. Andrew Liors, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your funds, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Dir. Andrew Liors. Once you get back to me i will provide you with Identification for you to verify am real and also i will provide you with the information you will use to contact Mr. Andrew P. Liors of the Rooley Security Agency in other to get your due fund.. Listed below are the mafias and banks behind the non release of your funds that I managed to sneak out for your kind perusal. 1) Prof. Charles soludo 2) Senator David Mark 2) Micheal Edward 3) Chief Joseph Sanusi 3) Sanusi Lamido 4) Dr. R. Rasheed 5) Mr. David Koffi 6) Barrister Awele Ugorji 7) Mr. Roland Ngwa 8) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams 9) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi 10) Dr. Patrick Aziza Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member 11) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance/Board Member 12) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Members 13) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala 14) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili 15) Barr Jacob Onyema 16) Dr.. Godwin Oboh: Director Union Bank Of Nigeria. 17) Mr. John Collins: Global Diplomat Director. 18) Foreign fund diplomatic courier 19) Barr. Becky Owens 20) Rev. Steven Jones 21) Bank of Africa 22) Mrs. Debbie Hargrove 23) Mr. Michael Wagner 24) Barr. Isa Farid 25) Dr. Raymond Faye 26) Ibraheem Fashola 27) Dr. Leslie Fawaz 28) Mercy Fajaroo 29) Walter K. Falana 30) Azeez Fatou 31) False use of the FBI 32) False use of FedEx and Ups delivery agency. You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I met Dir. Andrew Liors was just $550usd for the paper works, take note of that. (NOTE: TELLING YOU TO PAY FOR ANY DELIVERY OR COURIER CHARGE, THAT IS ALL NOTHING BUT LIES, I REPEAT THE ONLY MONEY YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY AND WHICH I ALSO PAID IS $550 FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE/ ENDORSEMENT CHARGE AS IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND YOUR PACKAGE CONTAINING YOUR CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT CHECK WILL BE REACHING YOU THROUGH THE ROOLEY SECURITY DELIVERING AGENT. ) Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Dir. Andrew Liors so that he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction. Thank You and Remain Blessed. Rev. Timothy Pough.

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