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: "Zurich Kloten Airport" <aid@zurichairport.ch>
Reply-To: poznyak.yaroslav@eclipso.ch
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:24:09 -0800
Subject: Payment Gazzette.

Dr. Poznyak Yaroslav
Assistance Inspection Director
8058 Zürich-Flughafen, Swiss
Zurich Kloten Airport
aid.zurichairport@swissmail.org
Telefone: +41 0 34 588 0028

Hello Beneficiary,

I have very vital information to give to you.
I am Dr. Poznyak Yaroslav, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities here
at the Int'l Zurich Kloten Airport. During my inspection I
discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Africa and when
scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box.

The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment
was not properly declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was
declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the
inability of the diplomat to pay for the Swiss Non Inspection
Charges (SNIC) which is €6,700.50 On my assumption the consignment is
still left in our Storage House here at the Zurich Kloten Airport till date. The details of the consignment including your name, your email address and the official documents from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this
consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will
advise you provide

1. YOUR Full Names:
2. YOUR Full Address with city code:
3. YOUR Cell Phone Number:
4. YOUR Private Email:
5. The Nearest International Airport Nearest To Your Address:

To enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address on the
official documents including the name of nearest Airport around your
city.

Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to
the Swiss Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays
in concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not
be able to receive your details on my official email account. So in
order words to enable me cross check your details, I will advise you
send the required details to my private email address for quick
processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of
the trunk box, I can get everything concluded within 48hours upon your
confirmation, but then with my position it will be a direct bank remittance.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to
contact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I
want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and
30% for me since the consignment has not yet been returned to the Treasury Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made I will make this safe payment to you.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will
appreciate if we can keep this confidential and personal. private Email:

(poznyak.yaroslav@eclipso.ch) for further directives call also.

Awaiting,

Mr. Poznyak Yaroslav
Assistance Inspection Director
8058 Zürich-Flughafen, Swiss
Zurich Kloten Airport
aid.zurichairport@swissmail.org
Telefone: +41 0 34 588 0028

Anti-fraud resources: