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: "UNION BANK Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officialfile6@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:22:09 +0200
Subject: Transfer Code: UBT/206/308/09 ($1.5 Million)

ATTENTION;

The Union Bank controlling department controlling of the security transfer CODE which is (UBT/206/308/09), the Authentication section code of this bank concludes the verification of your file. After going through all the documents of claim received by this department with justification and verification from the global strategy Benin, we are completely satisfied and you have been confirmed.

The Union Bank concerning wire transfers of your funds is hereby to inform that your letter has been referred to the (FSA) Legal Division for Funds (US$1.5 Million Dollars) Transferred code: UBT/206/308/09. We are satisfied using Swift Wire Transfer to affect the transfer of your Funds to your destination Bank Account between 10 hours.

Considering the volume of your fund, it is right for us to seek for the approval from Boards of Internal Revenue here before we can carry out the Transfer of an amount of such magnitude to you, otherwise any such transfer will be stopped by Financial Service Authority or IMF, since your Transfer is Swift Wire Transfer is almost activated with our bank and the only thing holding the final activation of your Account are Approval Document charges from the concerned Authorities here in Benin, and for that reason, you are required to pay the Sum of $162 to obtain the necessary documents that will enable the final activation of your Funds.

In respect you are required to send the Approval Documents charges $162 only [BANK B], under section A4-3C209 of union bank of Benin's law, a depository institution which wire transfers funds may not deduct any fees for handling the wire transfer from the amount of money which is to be transferred to your provided Bank Account.

The fastest Wire Transfer is Swift Wire transfer which only takes just 10 hours to reflect in Account.

You are require to get back to me if you are pleased with the Banking rules to issue you information where you can the required charges for your Funds ($1.5 Million) Wire Transfer processing to commence as soon as possible.

This law is stated according to section-35 And-36 of the banking sector interaction realm of our constitution and the outside world. Based on article of association and memorandum of association, be assured that we will make sure that your fund is fully endorsed to your bank account as soon as you have comprehended with our instructions.

(Designated bank account details for Swift Wire transfer to avoid mistake or should in case you created a new account)

Bank Name and Address
Account Number:
Account Name:
Routing Number:
Occupation:
Mobile Phone:

If at any time you have questions, concerns or comments, please contact us as we strive to ensure that you will always receive a prompt and courteous attention.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking needs.

Yours sincerely.

Mr.John T.Bello
Manager of Union Bank Benin

Anti-fraud resources: