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: DR RICHARD LONG <richardlong581@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: richardlong155@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:33:53 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Urgent Attention Dear Beneficiary,


UNITED BANK FOR  AFRICA (UBA)





UBA BANK HeightsPlot 87 Ajose





Adeogun Street,Cotonou-Benin





PHONE +229 98746691





Email ( richardlong155@yahoo.fr )





Email(richardlong581@yahoo.com.ph)





 





Urgent Attention Dear Beneficiary,





 





This is to let you know that we  have
received an instruction from the United Nation by orders of the
Ministry of  Finance, Federal Republic of Benin  to release your
Approved payment of US$5.5 Million Dollars via UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD
which you will use to withdraw your  US$5.5 Million Dollars from any
ATM Machine in any part of the world.





 





I must thank you and assure you  that
UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD number 527 478364 4673648 748; has been
approved  and upgraded in your favor this morning. The amount upgraded
in the ATM CARD is  US$5.5 Million Dollars and your secret pin number
is 1964, Right now, Invitation have been  extended to you to visit UBA
BANK Benin Republic to collection of your UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD and
PIN NUMBER so that you can activate it by yourself and  start
withdrawing funds from any ATM Machine in your country but the amount
you  can withdraw in a day is $10,000,as we have programmed it.





         





Alternatively, if you are unable to 
visit UBA BANK Federal Republic of Benin  for collection of this your
UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD and PIN NUMBER, you must therefore apply for the
UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD and PIN NUMBER to be sent to you via our
diplomatic courier  service at your own expenses by offsetting the
following payments such  as;





 





1) Shipment fee of the UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD to your address amounting to US$75.00.





2) Insurance Coverage of the UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD amounting to USU S$52.00.





 





Both payments totaling the sum of
US$100.00 must be paid to enable us ship the UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD to
your address to enable you  start withdrawing your US$5.5 Million
Dollars from any  ATM machine in any part of the world. This UBA BANK
ATM VISA CARD must be insured so that it can get to you without any
problem and diversion. This is  because this ATM CARD that can be use
to withdraw funds from any ATM Machine in every part of the world.





 





So, if you cannot come to UBA BANK of
Federal Republic of Benin for collection of your UBA BANK ATM VISA 
CARD, you must therefore kindly go right now and send this shipment and
insurance fee of US$100.00 via Western Union Money transfer or money
gram transfer with the details  below and write your MTCN number and
your sender name bellow down;





 





Receiver's name: MR ALEX NWABUDE





Country.. Benin Republic





City .. Cotonou





Text Question..When





Text Answer..Now





Amount $100 only





MTCN...





SENDER....





 





As soon as the fee is received, we 
shall immediately dispatch the UBA  BANK ATM VISA CARD to you and it
will take only 2 days to arrive to your address to enable you start
withdrawing funds that  same day from any ATM machine nearest to you.
Thanks for your understanding and  waiting for your quick reply and the
payment information.





 





Yours in service.





    





ATM Manager,





DR RICHARD LONG.





UBA BANK Benin  Republic





PHONE  +229 98746691





Email ( richardlong155@yahoo.fr )





Email(richardlong581@yahoo.com.ph)











Make sure that you contact on above email






Anti-fraud resources: