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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 Trevor Morgan " <"www."@beach.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr Trevor Morgan <trevor_morgan@tutanota.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 01:57:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Reply


Good day

Your email was received and well noted regarding to the impersonator
trying to claim your unpaid fund, its a good thing you contacted on
time.

After some brief meeting held recently with the IMF,UN and US embassy
Republic of Benin over your $7.8 Million USD unpaid fund

It was finally concluded that the unpaid fund should instantly be send
to you Through "UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA UBA BANK"

Contact Email: ( unitedban.kforafrica_uba@tutanota.de )

contact the bank immediately with the below detail for effective
confirmation of your identity.


NAME
COUNTRY
ADDRESS
MOBILE
ID OR PASSPORT COPY VERY NECESSARY.


Regards..

IMF AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT
Trevor Morgan

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