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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: "FIRST BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <web00004@yahoo.be>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:31:44 +0200
Subject: Re: MARK SMITH FIRST BANK/WE ARE RESENDING YOUR MONEY TO YOU

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPT,
PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.
FIRST BANK NIGERIA.
MR.MARK SMITH.
 
ATTN: TONYA WATERS,
 
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT TWO PEOPLE YOU SENT TO COME AND STAND ON YOUR BEHALF TO RECEIVE YOUR APPROVED INHERITANCE/CONTRACT FUND HAS ARRIVED SUCCESSFULLY BUT WE ARE INVESTIGATING TO KNOW IF THEY WERE REALLY SENT BY YOU.  AS YOU KNOW THAT AN INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE THAT ALL FUND OWED TO OUR VARIOUS BENEFICIARIES MUST BE PAID BEFORE THE PRESIDENT ELECT WILL BE HAND OVER.
BELOW HERE ARE THE ACCOUNT DETAILS THEY SUBMITTED TO US TO TRANSFER YOUR TOTAL FUND OF $8 MILLION, WITH THE ACCRUED INTEREST, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THIS ACCOUNT WAS GIVEN TO THEM BY YOU, NOW DO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE WE TRANSFER YOUR $8 MILLION INTO THIS BANK ACCOUNT BELOW.
HERE IS THE BANK INFORMATION WHERE HE WANTS US TO WIRE YOUR $1.5 MILLION INTO.
BANK NAME: AMERICA OF BANK
ACCOUNT NAME: MR. ANTHONY JOSEPH DIXON.
 
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 444016620218
BANK SWIFT: BOFAUS3N
ROUTING NO: 026009593
BANK TELEPHONE AND FAX: USA 865-293-4657
BANK ADDRESS: 9875 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37922 U.S.A.
 
HOME ADDRESS: 6880 Grimes Road, Loudon, Tennessee 37774 AMERICAN
PHONE NUMBER: 337-388-0016
PLEASE CONFIRM TO US IF THIS INFORMATION IS OK AND WAS SENT BY YOU TO ENABLE US COMMENCE ON THE TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY SINCE THE APPROVAL AND INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GIVEN BY PRESIDENCY, WE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AS TO ENABLE US MEET UP WITH THE MANDATE HE HAS GIVEN. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
 
WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.
 
THANKS FOR BANKING WITH US.
 
MR.MARK SMITH.
FIRST BANK NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPT.

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