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: "Galymzhan Amanzholov" <beenjau@ms38.hinet.net>
Reply-To: cwray714@gmail.com
Date: 30 Mar 2022 21:56:48 +0200
Subject: FINAL WARNING FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA)

FBIWashington Field Office
601 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20535,
Terrorist Screening, checkmating Money laundry, Trafficking, Bank
Fraud
Scam.

Attention: Beneficiary

This is the final warning you will receive from me. This notice
has been sent to you several times but you ignored it.
I have warned you so many times and you decided to ignore my e-
mails because you believe we have not been instructed to get you
arrested, if you fail comply this time around, then we will first
of all send a letter to the MAYOR of the city where you reside
and also instruct the bank to close your account until you comply
with our directives. Note that all your properties will be
confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We would also
send a letter to the company/organization where you work and
instruct them to issue you a "SACK LETTER" because a suspect is
not supposed to be working for the government or any private
organization.

>From our investigations, we discovered that you were the person
that forwarded your identification to internet fraudsters in
Nigeria and other countries when they had a deal with you in
regards to the transfer of some illegal funds into your bank
account which is valued at the sum of $10,500,000.00 only. Your
ID which we have in our database has been sent to all the crimes
agencies in America for them to upload you in their website as an
internet fraudsters and a terrorist (suicide bomber). I will also
warn people to stop having any dealing or friendly communication
with you anymore. This would have been solved all this while if
you have gotten the NECESSARY TRANSFER DOCUMENT ENDORSED AND
SEALED legally.

I, Christopher A. Wray Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) wish to inform you that there is no more time
left to waste because you have been given enough grace, therefore
you have been mandated to comply immediately you read this e-mail
if you don't want to be arrested. As stated earlier, to have the
document endorsed and sealed without any delay, you must adhere
to this directives to avoid you from blaming yourself at last
when we must have arrested and sentenced you to life
imprisonment. Note that all your properties will be seized and
bank account will be confiscated too.

However, I have decided to see how I can be of help to you
because I will not be happy to see you end up in jail and all
your properties got confiscated because your information was used
to carry out fraudulent transactions. I called the EFCC NIGERIA
and they directed me to a qualified attorney who can help you get
the process done and when I called the attorney he told me that
he will go to the bank and sign the documents on your behalf and
put his "SEAL" on those documents at the sum of $500 service fee
and I believe this process is cheaper for you. Be informed that I
pleaded on your behalf to the board of directors of this agency
to give you till 04/05/2022 to make the payment. Bear it in mind
that this is the only way that I can be able to help you at this
juncture. But if you fail to comply, you will find yourself in a
severe field of dilemma.

You need to try as much as you can to send the money today
because I have been informed by the ARREST WARRANT ISSUANCE
DEPARTMENT that the warrant of arrest has been prepared against
you and once is being signed by me as the FBI DIRECTOR, then the
arrest will be carried out if you fail to send the money within
the given deadline and we shall apply for litigation against you
immediately. Thereafter, you will appear before the
ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT COURT OF WASHINGTON D.C for terrorism,
money laundering and drug trafficking charges. I believe you know
that it will be a shameful thing to you and your entire family.
Also it will be announced and published in all the local channels
and newspapers that you are wanted by the FBI. Therefore, you are
advised to make the payment for the signing of the documents
immediately you read this e-mail. Be warned, we are monitoring
you from our satellite.

You will have to make the payment through money gram transfer
with the below information then Send the payment details to me as
stated below.

NAME:Rolex
SURENAME:Jean
ADDRESS:..Istanbul Turkey
ZIPCODE:34000
Amount:$500
REF NUMNER:..

Do not hesitate to make the payment today with the above outlined
information so that the attorney will go to the paying bank and
have all the necessary transfer documents endorsed on your behalf
as soon as you send the money. After all this process is being
carried out, then the transfer of your funds valued at
$10,500,000.00 only which should have been transferred to your
bank account before legally will now take place legitimately.

Note: As you can see below, all the crimes agencies have been
contacted on this regard and we shall trace and arrest you if you
disregard or ignore this instructions. You have been given a
grace till 04/05/2022 to make the payment for the attorney to
endorse the necessary transfer documents on your behalf and put
his "SEAL" on it.

Expecting your anticipated co-operation.

Yours in service,
Christopher A. Wray
FBI Director
CC: Canadian Police Association
CC: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI USA)

Anti-fraud resources: