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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.Emmanuel Okada" <"hhhhh."@diary.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Emmanuel Okada" <ubabank1@groupmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:37:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary

United Bank For Africa Representative
Phone (+229) 99 53 47 51
Fax(229) 68 97 01 43
Email:(emmanuelokada@accountant.com)
Email:(ubabank1@groupmail.com)
TELEX: UBA BANK.
From United Bank for Africa Plc Benin.

Attn: Beneficiary

I am Mr.Emmanuel Okada, The new Accountant audit of UBA BANK Plc Benin and i am writing to notify you of a payment file containing your funds which has been issued out to you by the Federal Ministry of Finance.


Please indicate if you have received your compensation funds sum of (U.S.D $5.8M Dollars).We have tried all our possible means to contact you since your Name and email were stated on the manifest list submitted by the world Bank external auditors but it failed and we want to know if you are still Alive, so that we can finalized this transaction once and for all

Finally, you have the opportunity to enjoy positive Year's if you Corporate and follow the official instructions mandated for the processing Release of your fund worth Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars Only.Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, You are required to send bellow Information for your transfer:

1) Your Full Name:
2) Your Full Address:
3) Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:
3) Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:
4) Any Valid Form of Your Identification/Driven License:
5) Your occupation;:
6) Home address:
7) Your Country::
8) Your State of::
9) Your Origin:::

As soon as we receive the above mentioned information,Your payment will be processed and released to you without any further delay


Yours Sincerely
Mr.Emmanuel Okada,
E-mail:(emmanuelokada@accountant.com)
United Bank For Africa Representative

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