joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: United Bank For Africa<mr.edwardmuda@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubacares@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:21:01 -0800
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary!!

From United Bank for Africa Plc Benin.

Attention! Attention!! Attention!!!
This is to inform you officially that after the investigations done by the UN through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and

other Security Agencies for last year 2019, it has been discovered that you have not received your compensation fund which the United Nations And World Bank has

approved the 'United Bank for Africa' to oversee the transfer to your Bank Account either through Bank to Bank transfer, Courier Services, Western Union, Money Gram or

by online bank transfer.

We have made it our first point of call to settle all Outstanding Payments accrued to Individuals or Corporations with respect to local and overseas contract payment,

Debt Rescheduling and Outstanding Compensation payment as instructed by the United Nations. This is to make sure all outstanding payments are settled in this fiscal

year 2020. On Behalf of the entire staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA Bank) and the United Nations in collaboration with World Bank, we apologize for the delay

of your contract payment, winning or inheritance funds from most of African Countries and all the inconveniences you may have encountered while pursuing this payment.

However, from the records of outstanding beneficiaries due for payment with this bank, your name was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding beneficiaries

who have not yet received their payments. Note that from the record in our file, your payment is valued at the total sum of US$2,700,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred

Thousand Dollars).

We have your file here in the bank and it shows that you are yet to receive your fund valued at US$2,700,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars). These

funds will now be conveyed to you through your preferred payment option. We have perfected all modules on how to get your funds across to you immediately you to every

given instruction that shall emanate from this banking institution till the moment this transaction is completed. Kindly reply to this email by reconfirming the below

details so as to ensure no discrepancies in your payment file and as also to avoid wrong transfer/delivery of funds.

Full Name:______
Country:______
City:_____
Home Address:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Age:
BANK NAME:______
ADDRESS:_______
ACCOUNT NO:______
ROUTING NO:______
SWIFT CODE:______
Next of kin________
Working Id/ intl Passport:

We need all the cooperation we can get from you to ensure we get this transaction accomplished. Your quick response to this email notice with adherence to the above

instructions is highly anticipated.

Yours in Service,
Mr.Mike Philip
United Bank For Africa Representative

Anti-fraud resources: