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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: "Union Bank Plc." <accountlogistics@live.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:29:52 -0400
Subject: Attention : Beneficiary





Attention : Beneficiary,

Definitely, I know that this letter will be a surprising one to you.

Firstly, I will like to introduce myself formally as Prof. Tim Mark, The Executive Manager of The Union Bank Plc You are been officially contacted by me today because your Inheritance Funds were Re-deposited into the"Federal Suspense Account" of the Union Bank last week, because you did not forward your Claim as the Right beneficiary.

Today,i was visited in my office by some men claiming you asked them to claim your funds on your behalf.Really these men were unexpected by me because their visit was impromptu. I had to ask them why they came to see me in person and they said that they were here to collect the Inheritance Bill Sum of (US10,Million USD) which rightfully belongs to you, on your Attention to this development I asked them who authorized them to come down to Nigeria for the Collection of this Payment and they told me that you asked them to come and collect this Funds on your Behalf.

They actually tendered some Vital Documents which they tendered to this Bank today:

1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.
2. HIGH COURT INJUNCTION.
3. ORDER TO RELEASE.

Actually, these Documents which they tendered to this Noble Bank is a clear Proof that you sent them to Collect this Funds for you. Finally, I told them to come back tomorrow morning and they promised to come back. As the Governor of this Noble Bank, I was supposed to Release this Funds to them into the account they brought,

BENEFICIARY'S NAME : PETER FRANCO TSENG
ADDRESS : 1033 S. ALMANSOR AVE ALHAMBRA, CA 91801, USA.
COMPANY'S NAME : P.T INVESTMENT INC.
AMOUNT : $10,000,000.00 USD
BANK NAME : TOMATO BANK, N.A.
BANK ADDRESS : 11476 SOUTH STREET CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 USA
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 0202802368
ABA NUMBER : 122043107
SWIFT CODE : IBBAUS6L.

but I refused to do so because I wanted to hear from you first.

Due to the Nature of my job,I will not want to make any mistake in Releasing this Funds to anyone except you whom is the Recognized Bonafide Beneficiary to this Funds. Kindly clearify upon this issue before we make this Payment to these foreigners whom came on your behalf.


Thanks and respond urgently through my official e-mail: accountslogisticsdept@live.com
Yours faithfully,

Mr. Tim Mark
Operational director
Union Bank of Nigeria.

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