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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: "Mike Oleg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.oleg61@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 10:16:00 -0700
Subject: Happy weekend

Dear Sir,

RE: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

This is to bring to your notice and urgent attention that this Bank (Standard Chartered Bank) received an instructions with

payment I.D Number HC2X14964K, Contract/Inheritance Payment Category “C” Special from the New Paymaster-General of the

World Internional Debt Settlement on Contract/Inheritance Payment, directing us to effect payment of your

contract/heritance funds into your nominated bank account with immediate effect, via our Foreign Operation Account Number:

066196221 with our affiliate bank, BANK OF AMERICA.
Your funds have been programmed for payment with the following information:
(1) Foreign Exchange Control Rate: =R=6.9 to $1 USD (Banking rate)
(2) Payment Voucher No: 10567HK2 1629CH
(3) Payment Control No: 2664CF - E XX1094F
(4) Status: E Civil
(5) Type of Payment: K.T.T. Wire Transfer/ Atm visa card
(6) Type of Currency: United States Dollars
(7) Mode of Payment: Swift Telegraphic / Wire Transfer
(8) Schedule for Payment: 48 Banking Hours.
You are however strongly advised for the interest of your person and your esteem company to forward to this Bank (CITIZENS

BANK GROUP PTY) immediately you receive this message, your banking information such as Bank Name, Bank Account Number etc,

and your International Passport or Driver’s License. Note that as soon as we receive this confirmation from you, we shall

immediately notify your bank and wire your fund directly into your nominated Bank account via K.T.T. Wire Transfer.

A telex payment advise instruction for your fund clearance, which you will tender, to your bank confirming the arrival of

your funds into your account will be sent to you, as every necessary arrangement has been concluded for the payment of this

fund into your account. Please include your telephone and fax number while replying this message to avoid miss-direction of

funds. Kindly note that WORLD BANK (has been stopped from effecting contract/inheritance payments done during the Last

Government, Standard Chartered Bank has been assigned by the Federal Government of LONDON to effect all foreign

contractors/inheritance payments on behalf of her (UN).

Your failure to respond to this message within the next 48hrs could jeopardize your payment process and your fund

allocation already made available with this bank will be used for other contractors short-listed for this payment

allocation.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Oleg.
Director, Int’l. Remittance Dept/ Visa card.

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