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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: "Mr wale" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <walesdereksfred@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 07:13:38 +0100
Subject: Your urgent confirmation would be highly appreciated



Dear friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF FUNDS VALUED US$15,500,000.00 MILLION.

Please, do not be alarmed by my request for your assistance as we do not have any previous contact. But i am contacting you based on the urgency that the matter requires.

I am the director general of foreign payment department, debt management office in my country and i have been assigned the responsibility of reconciling and releasing delayed payments. During this routine, i discovered the sum of US$ 15,500,000.00 Million. This money emanated as part of over invoiced and inflated contract which has since been paid but this over-invoiced part remained in our system awaiting pay out.

Please, i crave your indulgence to receive this money so that we can share it as i would like to use my part of it to make investment overseas under your care. So i would like you to quickly furnish me with your full banking detail in the following order to facilitate completion of the transfer to you as i am willing to give you 50% of the money.

Bank Name:
Address:
Swift Code:
Routing Number:
Account Number:
Account Name: (Company or Personal account is accepted)

Your urgent confirmation would be highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

EMAIL.... walesdereksfred@yahoo.com

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