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: "MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 17:53:53 -0800
Subject: BENEFICIARIES PAYMENT RELEASE COMMITTEE

BENEFICIARIES PAYMENT RELEASE COMMITTEE
112 GOVERNMENT QUARTERS, IKEJA
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: Fighting Against Funds Delay
FROM THE DESK OF Mrs.Farida Mzamba Waziri: (Chairman)
BENEFICIARIES PAYMENT RELEASE COMMITTEE(BPRC).


Attn

I am Mrs Farida Mzamba Waziri, Former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. Although i am retired as the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. But i have been appointed to be the chairman of a committee newly set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria.The purpose of this committee among others is to investigate,verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign beneficiaries whose payment has been delayed.

Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering this committee to settle all genuine payment which includes contractors payment, Inheritance payment, and Lottery Winning payment, that has been outstanding for a long time now.and for those that has shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions as the rightful beneficiary of the said USD10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) But the reasons why your own payment has to be delayed is because, there is presently a claims on your funds by one Man, This man is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him to help you in receiving your fund, So we want to know if you truly entered into an agreement with this man thereby making him the current beneficiary. Please if you did not enter into an agreement, nor authorize this man to receive your payme
nt on your behalf, kindly inform

We appologise on behalf of the President and the good citizens of this country Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have caused you and promise that such thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with anyone regarding this payment, Please we urge you to STOP, Because this is the only office that was approved to release your payment

Kindly reply today for more information and directives

Yours Faithfully

Mrs. Farida Mzamba Waziri (Chairman).
Beneficiaries Payment Release Committee.(BPRC).

---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Anti-fraud resources: