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: "DONALD CLARKSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donaldclarksonn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:37:14 +0100
Subject: PETITION REVIEW

International Ombudsman Claims Organization
Suite 44, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf
London, E14 5LB United Kingdom
 
Dated:26.09.2016
 
Dear Sir,
 
Petition Review
 
This is with reference to the petitions received on the grounds of
maladministration: administrative irregularities, unfairness,
discrimination, and abuse of power, failure to reply, refusal of
information or unnecessary delay regarding your long overdue payments. Due
to the recent BREXIT these petitions have gained more attention from this
office here at the International Ombudsman Claims Organization (IOCO) and
have received the mandate to execute payment to you irrevocably.
 
The International Ombudsman has used its powers to sanction these banks
for failing in their payment obligation and thus guarantees have been
issued by the European Central Bank (ECB), whereby payments would be
commissioned via a reputable Private Bank in Switzerland with your
cooperation. Therefore the ECB is willing to initiate this payment and
upload your information to the database by providing the under listed below:
 
Complete Name:
 
Day and Night Telephone Numbers:
 
Address:
 
Sex:
 
Upon receipt of the requested information, you would be presented with
additional information of the bank to contact for immediate payment
release. Do ensure to adhere strict confidentiality regarding this
transaction to avoid hijacking of payment by past fraudulent bank
operators, thank you.
 
Regards,
 
DONALD CLARKSON

Anti-fraud resources: