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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: "Mrs Emmanuel pinto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emmanuelmpint@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:08:23 -0500
Subject: ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR TRANSFER OF $10.5M.

BANK OF AMERICA TOWER AT ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK CITY - USA.
 
ATTENTION :  VALUABLE CLIENT
I AM DELIGHTED TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM THE RECENT BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR NEWLY VOTED AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATE,LEGALLY IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE LOCAL BANK AND ALL THE MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTION.NOTE: OUT OF TEN SELECTED BENEFICIARIES APPROVED FOR PAYMENT, YOUR NAME AND YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS APPEARED IN OUR FILE AS THE SECOND BENEFICIARY TO RECEIVE US$10, 000,000,00 WHICH HAS BEEN GAZETTED AND TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT) -DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU.MEANWHILE, A WOMAN M/S MILINDA WILLIS CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE. HERE IS HER INFORMATION:
NAME MILINDA WILLIS
BANK NAME: CITI BANK
BANK ADDRESS: CALIFORNIA, USA.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809428.
 
IF THIS WOMAN IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND SEND THIS INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES SO THAT YOU’RE FUND VALID 10 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.
THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF OVER DUE PAYMENT ON YOUR BEHALF OR AS A SCAMMED VICTIM THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED HIS OR HER COMPENSATION FUNDS BY THE GOVERNMENT OFENGLAND. ON RESPONSE TO THIS NOTIFICATION,MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE PROCESSING OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOUR GOOD
SELF.PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR BANKING DETAILS WHICH INCLUDES: YOUR BANK NAME, BANK ADDRESS, ACCOUNT NUMBER,ROUTING NUMBER AND ACCOUNT OWNER'S NAME.
BENEFICIARY NAME:............
BENEFICIARY ADDRESS:.........
WORKING CELL NUMBER:........
BANK NAME:..................
ACCOUNT HOLDER'S NAME:......
ACCOUNT HOLDER'S ADDRESS:...
ACCOUNT NUMBER:.............
ACCOUNT ROUTING:...........
 
 
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS, WE WILL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEDURES IN OTHER TO REMIT THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. THE BANK OF ENGLAND, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVERDUE CONTRACT FUND HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE /FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN CONTRACT FUNDS THIS FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MRS EMMANUEL PINTO

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