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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. Christine Odette Lagarde" <pglmail@glink.net.hk>
Reply-To: christineodettel1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:44:17 +0100
Subject: Please get back to me

From The World IMF Headquarters:
700, 19th Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20431, USA.


Attn:

The disappointments you got from financial institutions and government officials in your effort to get your payment from Africa have been brought to our knowledge. The IMF has therefore stepped in to unravel the reason you and other foreign beneficiaries were denied your due payments by these bank officials. The facts are here on record together with your personal details. Also on record here is evidence of several charges and fees you paid in the process without still getting your fund. This is totally unacceptable and the IMF in her capacity as the custodian of global finance will not allow you to lose your fund. You don't deserve such ill-treatment considering your efforts and financial commitments as shown in the records. Why did you abandon your fund?

Before going further, you will agree with me that for a long period of time, foreign payments and transfer management arrangements in Africa and some parts of Asia have been characterized by major shortcomings. One area of weakness is consistent change of administrations and government policies which often leads to diffusion of responsibilities across a multitude of agencies. These diffusion in the management of foreign payments created fundamental problems including operational inefficiency, lack of consistent well-defined payment policies and debt management strategies, poor coordination and above all, demand for unnecessary fees. These are some of the reasons your payment has not been realized till date, according to our findings.

In view of the above, the IMF have ordered the banks and the relevant departments to move your fund and all related payment files and documents to the payment institution in Asian region from where your payment will be processed afresh and effected hitch-free without any bureaucracy.


You are to reply urgently through this email for further details on how to get this done.

Email: christineodettel1@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Christine Odette Lagarde
Managing Director, IMF


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