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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: Greek Ministry of Finance <kim@rayda.net.cn>
Reply-To: <greekministryoffinance@yahoo.gr>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:07:35 -0500
Subject: Notification on your Payment Release

REF: HT-CB/GR/CP-XXT/001/14

Att: Beneficiary


NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT

This is to inform you that the (Greek Ministry of Finance) Hellenic Treasury has received an irrevocable payment instruction order from the World Bank and African Union Committee of Foreign Contractor/Inheritance Payments Board instructing this institution to debit their Reserve Trust Account and credit you with the sum of US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million, Five Hundred United States Dollars Only) due to you as your Part-Payment Entitlement own by Central Bank With a PAYMENT CODE: CBN/GRMF/2014/XXVI-190076/VOL IV

This decision was made by the WORLD BANK in conjunction with the US GOVERNMENT, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION and AFRICAN UNION on foreign payment matters, because of the Euro zone Financial Crisis and based on the monetary restriction policy that was introduced by the United States Government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on funds emanating from Africa, Asia and Middle East.

Prior to this, we have also received a counter instruction from your Lawyer/Partner that the said funds be credited to the account stated below:

BENEFICIARY BANK: CHASE BANK
ADDRESS: 201 SOUTH WATER STREET
ELLENSBURG WASHINGTON
BENEFICIARY NAME: LOUIS HENRIK JENDRYCKA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 4126330111
SORT CODE: 123070760

PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: INHERITANCE / CONTRACT EXECUTED

On receipt of this detailed information, we urge you to re-confirm this within 48 Hours as your non-compliance should be passed as a confirmation that the (Remittance Department) of the National Bank of Greece herein should proceed with the transfer earnest to the above stated account and discharge our duties accordingly.

Best Regards.

For: Hellenic Treasury,

Mr. Petros K. Sabatacakis
Greek Ministry of Finance


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