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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: "International Police" <info@quadrot.ru>
Reply-To: ip_usa@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:58:31 -0700
Subject: INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY

INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY
GBI AIRPORT RESIDENT AGENCY
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
Deferred inspections unit
1st floor arrivals area - room 11-161



We, office of the INTERPOL George Bush Intercontinental Airport Resident Agency hereby write to inform you that we stopped a courier personal by the name Mrs. Anthonia Walker here at (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) Houston, Texas with a consignment box filled with cash valued at US$14,674,000:00 (Fourteen Million,Six Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand United States Dollars). In the course of our interrogation and investigation on the courier personal she said that the consignment box belongs to you and that she was sent by Mrs. Pearl Dickson to come deliver the consignment box to you not knowing that the content of the box is money.

Now, this courier lady is under detention and custody of the office of (INTERPOL) security here in GBI Airport Houston, and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours. So, in this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Ownership Clearance Certificate showing that the money is not illegal. Note, that the Ownership Clearance Certificate must to be secured from the office of the Nigerian ministry of finance, because that is the only office that will issue you the original Ownership Clearance Certificate of this funds, this is because the fund originated from Nigeria.

You are advised to forward immediately the Ownership Clearance Certificate if you have it with you, but if you do not have it, we urge you to contact back the sender of Anthonia Walker to help you secure the Ownership Clearance Certificate if at all you do not have it. Below is the contact information of the person that sent Anthonia Walker as provided by her;

Name: Pearl Dickson
Email: thatpearldick@gmail.com

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward the requested Ownership Clearance Certificate. Please note that we shall get back to you after the 3 working business days, and if you don't come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into the government account then charge you for money laundering and smuggling of currencies as stipulated in the United States Patriot Act bill on money laundering related activities, signed into law (P.L.107-56) by Ex-President Bush on October 26, 2001 and the United Nations Chatter on money laundering., but if you forward the Ownership Clearance Certificate then we will release courier lady to come deliver to you your consignment box also gives you every back up on the money.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.


Yours Truly,
Capt. Fabian Walsh


GBI AIRPORT RESIDENT AGENCY
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
GEORGE BUSH INTERNCONTINENTAL AIRPORT
HOUSTON, TEXTAS USA

CC: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
CC: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
CC: NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA)
CC: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
CC: U.K NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

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