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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: edward jumiala <edwardjumiala4@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 07:43:34 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT

Dear sir,

I have inquired deeper to come to the conclusion that few powerful
individuals are behind this dastardly act without due notices to you.

As it stands now, you will certainly encounter enormous problems to
convince members of the Supreme Court of Nigeria that you have not
been served with required number of notices before assets could be
forfeited to government.The committee was set up by the payment
reconciliation committee to verify and scrutinize all outstanding
debts owed to our foreign beneficiaries in accordance to the
information received from the United States government and other
countries over unpaid huge debts owed to Foreigners.We were made to
understand that all efforts by your establishment to claim your fund
has severally been frustrated by some corrupt officials of the banks
and other government agencies. This has resulted in the loss of your
hard earned money to the said officials for the payment of
fictitious charges and levies prior to the transfer of your fund.

Having seen your file and my further questioning to the officials of
the central of Nigeria bank and ministry of finance as to why your
payment is still pending reveals the rot and corruption in the
system.The bank officials told me that the reason why you haven't
received your payment is due to your inability to pay for the required
charges for transfer of funds to your account. When I asked them why
they didn't deduct the said charges from your principal sum, I was
given the flimsy excuse that you never authorized them to do so.

When I put the question across to them if they ever advised you that
such charges could be deducted from your principal fund,the answer I
got was no. Now, if you do not tell this beneficiary that such charges
could be deducted from his or her principal fund, how will he or she
know that such options are available for such beneficiaries. From my
investigation I discovered that these bank officials deliberately
refused to let the charges be deducted from your principal fund
because they want your fund to remain trapped in the bank, while they
continue to extort money from beneficiaries under some flimsy
excuse.You do not need to pay any money to any official, all you are
required to do is swear to an affidavit at the Federal High Court of
Nigeria, authorizing the bank to deduct all charges from your
principal fund and transfer the balance of funds to your bank account
after deduction.

If you have spent any money in the past in your quest for
payment,kindly let me know so that I can follow this up. You can reach
me on my email for directive on how you can get the deduction done
as soon as possible and get your payment also.

Yours sincerely,

Barrister Sanni Bello (SAN)
{Personal Assistant} TO Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad CFR. Chief
Justice of Nigeria.
Telephone+234 8184805950

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