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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: "Kevin O'Connor" <beninrepubilcwiretransfer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ock21361@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 11:43:08 -0600
Subject: Re: Scam Victims Settlement Compensation.

FBI Washington Field Office
Federal Government Office
Washington, D.C., United States
Address: 601 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20535, United States

Re: Scam Victims Settlement Compensation.

Hello dear, good afternoon to you. I hope you receive this email in a
good state of mind and health. I’m Steven D’Antuono, assistant
director in charge of the FBI’s Washington, D.C. Field Office. This
message is to inform you that the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
the World Bank Groups (WBG), the African Union (AU), the United
Nations (UN) Office are compensating all the recent scams victims and
your email address was found in the scam victims list as one of their
victims . Following a meeting held by the United Nations (UN), the
World Bank President in calibration with the Executive Board of the
IMF together with the United States Department of the Treasury, as a
result of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of (USD $
1,500,000.00) will be paid to you from the funds set aside by the
World Bank Groups (WBG) and the US Department of the Treasury to
compensate all the scam victims.

The compensation scheme is open to people who wired money to scammers
via Worldwide through Western Union and MoneyGram, Bank Wire Transfer,
RIA Money Transfer ETC. between January 1, 2004 to July 20th, 2021,
The deadline for lodging these claims is November 30th, 2021.

This transaction is being supervised by the United State FBI. Your
USD$1,500,000.00 scam victims compensation payment file has been
processed as instructed by the World Bank President in calibration
with the Executive Board of Directors IMF together with the United
Nation Office (UN) and forwarded directly to the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Board of Director, Dime Community Bank New York for its
immediate payment to you via Dime Community online e-Banking payment
system.

Kindly contact Kevin O'Connor,
Chief Executive Officer of Dime Community Bank , using below
information to claim your scam victim award settlement inheritance
fund $1.5 Million USD.

Contact Person: Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor
Chief Executive Officer Dime Community Bank
Email: ock21361@gmail.com
Direct Tel: +1646)502-4117

NB: This transaction is being monitored by the US Federal Bureau of
Investigation law enforcement agency.

Feel free to write to me if you have any questions or need any further
information.

Yours faithfully,
Steven M. D’Antuono
FBI Assistant Director
FBI Washington Field Office

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