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: "Mrs.Vivian Douglas" <serviceoffice674@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Vivian Douglas" <federal.m.finance@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:15:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: WHY DO .YOU CHOOSE TO LOSE YOUR $2.5MILLION ?



     FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
    NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMPLEX
    SENATE HOUSE - UPPER CHAMBERS WUSE DISTRICT, COTONOU BENIN
    Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

    I have to inform you again, that we are not playing over this, I know
    my reason for the continuous sending of this notification to you, the
    fact is that you can't seem to trust any one again over this payment
    For what you have been in cantered in many months ago, but I want you
    to trust me, I cannot scam you for $39 it is for bank processing of
    your payment, the fees of $39 is clearly written to you before, I did
    not invent the bill to
    defraud you of $39 it is an official bank payment processing fee, and
    the good part of this, is that you will never, ever be disturbed again
    over any kind of payment,

    this is final, and the  forms from there becomes effective once we
    submit your payment application processing fee and pay the form fee of
    $39 I don't want you to loose this fund this time, because you may
    never get another such good opportunity,

    the federal government is keen and very determined to pay your overdue
    debts, this is not a fluke, I would not want you to loose this fund
    out of ignorance, I will send you all the documents as soon as bank
    payment processing fee is paid, you have to trust me, you will get
    your fund, find a way to get $39 you will not loose it, instead it
    will bring your financial breakthrough,

    find the money and send it to our bursary. The reason why am sending
    you this because i want you to receive your USD2.5M immediately we are
   trying to round up for this payment program.

    Here Is The Payment Information Through Western Union Finally my
    advice to you is not to abandon this transaction because of the
    requirement of ($39)

    Receivers Name: OFORM GODWIN
    Address: COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
    Test Question:  WHEN
    Answer: NOW
    MTCN__
    send all the details of the MTCN direct to this email. federal.m.finance@qq.com

    Yours in service
   Mrs.Vivian Douglas





Anti-fraud resources: