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: Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova Chief Executive Director <barristerjohnibe100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: executivedirectorworldbankk@aol.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:30:26 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME.

Fund Beneficiary
UNCC has Approved US$10.5M compensation to you.

I am Ms.Kristalina Georgieva, the current Managing Director Board of
Executive, International Monetary Fund {IMF}, I'm writing to you in
respect to the compensation award payment of $10.5m approved by United Nations
Compensation Commission(UNCC)

You have struggled for so long with all the payments you have made to various
offices and financial institutions in pursue of your outstanding
contract/inheritance
fund which has not been successfully achieved due to some corrupt officials.
You are therefore advised to re-confirm all your personal details such
as full names,
address, cell phone number, company name, age, sex and occupation to
enable us document
your payment files appropriately for immediate release of your compensation.

Kindly reply to my private email ID
{executivedirectorworldbankk@aol.com} and I shall not hesitate
to issue the details of the recommended paying bank to you.

Regards,

Mrs Kristalina Georgieva
Director International Monetary Fund IMF
Address:700 19th Street.N.W.Washington, D.C. 20431

Anti-fraud resources: