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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. Karen" <office_massage11@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 18:54:00 +0800 (CST)
Subject: DEAR FUND BENEFICIARY

Dear Fund Beneficiary,


Re: Instructions to Credit your bank account with USD$15,000,000.00M


We wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of all unclaimed Contract,Inheritance and Lottery funds in conjunction with the Word Bank and the United Nations Auditors report, your payment file has finally been forwarded to our bank for review and immediate payment of your long delayed funds starting with a first transfer of USD$15,000,000.00M to your designated bank account in your country within the next 3 working days.


However, we are surprised to receive another application this morning from your representative,RAY MITCHELL stating that you gave him a Power of Attorney to be the beneficiary of your funds.RAY MITCHELL made us to believe that you are dead and that he is your Next of Kin, hence we got your email address and decided to send a message through this address hoping to find out if you are dead or alive and if at any time you gave man a Power of Attorney to represent you and transfer your funds to the account below:




CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
PAINTSVILLE, KY 41240,USA
ROUTING NO.: 042108216
ACCOUNT NO.: 30125318




Kindly inform us today by email, if you permitted and gave this transfer authorization to RAY MITCHELL to enable us update our records for remittance to avoid wrong transfer of this USD$15,000,000.00M to your designated bank account.ACCOUNT NAME: RAY MITCHELL




For further details on this remittance notice and to protect the confidentiality of your information, kindly send your FULL NAME, PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS,A COPY OF YOUR INTL PASSPORT,BANKING DETAILS INFORMATION directly to authority e-mail:(dan.william11@outlook.fr)


I sent you herein enclose the photo of MR.RAY MITCHELL confirm of this person is your relative or your associates.


Yours sincerely,


Mrs Karen
Head, Int'l Coordinator





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