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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: harrel davidtg <davidharrel52@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubabankorgtgwedsite@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:43:29 +0000
Subject: Hello

*Dear beneficiary,I sent this letter a month ago, but you haven't heard
from me yet, I'm not sure if you got it, so I'll tell you again, first of
all, I'm Mrs. Kristalina Gueorguieva, the Director General and President of
the International Monetary Fund.In fact, we have investigated all the
hurdles and issues related to your incomplete transaction and your
inability to pay the transfer fees charged to you for previous transfer
options. Please visit our website at www.imf.org <http://www.imf.org/> to
confirmWe are the Board of Directors, the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C. in cooperation with the United States
Department of the Treasury and certain other appropriate investigative
agencies in the United States. has instructed our foreign remittance unit,
United Bank of Africa Lome Togo, to issue you a VISA card which your fund
of US$1.5 million will be charged for later withdrawal from your
fund.During our investigation, we regret that your payment was
unnecessarily delayed by corrupt bank officials who attempted to transfer
your funds to your private accounts.And today we inform you that your money
has been credited to your VISA card by UBA bank and it is also ready for
delivery, now contact UBA bank support Mr. Tony Elumelu Email (*
*ubabankorgtgwedsite@gmail.com
<ubabankorgtgwedsite@gmail.com>*








*) Please send him the following information for delivery of your
accredited VISA ATM cards to your address.Your full name========Your
country of origin =======Your address =======Your phone ====== py of
passport =======With kind regardsMrs. Kristalina*

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