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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: Agencia Tributaria <ahmet@thermoway.com.tr>
Reply-To: Agencia Tributaria <ministerium@outlook.es>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:15:57 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: VERIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF UNCLAIMED FUND


MINISTERIO ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA

Aguacate, 27, 28044,
Madrid España.
TEL: (+34) 653 730 357
FAX: (+ 34) 917 903 712
E-MAIL: ministerium@outlook.es
REF: CLM/137/525/15486/09


VERIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF UNCLAIMED FUND


Attn: Beneficiary
We write to inform you that the Ministry of Finance and Economy office of Unclaimed fund Department of the Security and Exchange Commission here in Madrid Spain has decided to verify and confirm the true identity of the owner of the fund which was left unclaimed and later got invested in the capital market and managed by an investment company since over Five Years (17/06/2010),

The capital together with the profit from investment as accrued till date is (€ 1, 200,000.40) One Million Two Hundred Thousand Euros Forty Cent.
The original sum of (€ 915,810.00 ) Nine Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Euros was awarded to you after a coupon which your name was attached to emerged with the winning Batch number: PS/000567/4877/VAB/UXE REF: EGS/64938/000555/ES, the coupons were bought by an VITALICO SEGUROS, who in order to enhance their chance of winning collect and bet on names from around the world. Soon after your names emerged as a winner, a letter of notification was sent to you, but you did not complete the process of claiming the fund. The money was therefore released to the Coca-cola investment company (COCA-COLA INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE SERVICES, CENTRAL OFFICE ) which invested it in profitable stocks for an initial period of Five years.

The money was to be released to you after the initial period of investment expired, but because there were so many complications with the address of the winners, some notification letters were probably sent to the wrong addresses. This resulted in some false applications for the claiming of the money by some unscrupulous individuals, in response to this problem, the Ministry of Finance Security and Exchange Commission ordered the money retained in the Department of Unclaimed Funds pending the conclusion of an investigation to identify the true owner/owners of the fund.
To make sure that the legal procedure is followed in the payment of the money to the real beneficiary, the Ministry of Finance Security and Exchange Commission has subsequently hired our firm to act as legal consultants in the processing and the unclaimed fund. For advice, on how to begin your claim, we request you contact immediately, our senior partner, Harrison Wellbeck Chamber, Foreign service Manager, Dr Harrison Wellbeck : TEL: (+34) 685 384 956 FAX: (+ 34) 935 457 473 Email: spainabogados25@gmail.com you can also contact us through Harrison and Partner Chamber branch office in Spain FAX: TEL: (+34) 685 384 956 FAX: (+ 34) 935 457 473 Furthermore, your interest for the processing and payment of this money to you must be made before the 30th of June. 2015. the money will be reinvested automatically after this date, Please: do let us know if you would like the money to be reinvested.
If after verification, you are confirm as the true owner of the money, our responsibility as Attorney is to ensure that due process is followed, and your interest protected in the processing and payment of the money to you, we will commence the procedure as soon as we receive your reactivation form and instructions Please, fill the following form and fax it back through our FAX: (+ 34) 935 457 473 or Email us at: spainabogados25@gmail.com
Ref nº:
Last Date of Claim:
Date of Birth:
Name:
Last name:
Occupation:
Fax:
Email address:
Telephone:
Address:
Marital status
City:
zip:
State:
Country:

Also send a copy of the data page of any of your official identity cards like either International passport or a copy of a driver’s license for confirmation of data’s as a true beneficiary by Fax or Email.
Always quote your reference number REF: EGS/64938/000555/ES in any of your correspondence with us we happily congratulate you and look forward to representing you.

Best Regards.

Dr Clarkson Fleisher.

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