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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: "SAMUEL AMANKWA" <test@andrevillemont.com>
Reply-To: samuela@consultationoffice.com
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:27:37 +0300
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

ATTENTION,

THEY ARE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO CAME TO OUR BANK TODAY, STATING THEY ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) AND THE WORLD BANK BENEFICIARY ALLOWANCE AMNESTY PAYMENT OF US$4,800,000.00

THEY ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR WELLS FARGO ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THEY CONFIRMED YOU WANT YOUR ALLOWANCE PAYMENT TO BE TRANSFERRED, WE THEREFORE WISH TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE DISBURSEMENT, BECAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT WAS SOLELY SET-UP FOR THESE PURPOSE AND WE WILL BE CONCLUDING WITHIN 7 WORKING DAYS.

KINDLY REVERT BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS TODAY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
SAMUEL AMANKWA,
HEAD CORPORATE AFFAIRS
GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK.

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