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: "larryramondy@fedx.com" <boabb_plc@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: www.fedexccc@live.com
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:27:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I AM,NEW DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY


How are you doing today? Hope you are fine.

I AM ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR BUT NOW PROMOTED IN THIS OFFICE AS DIRECTOR AND I WAS NOW IN CHARGE OF YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY.

Now I am writing to inform you that the Formal Director who was in charge of your delivery was now sue to the court last week on Monday because

of his mal-service and inability to deliver your card to you after he had extorted some money from you.

According to the magistrate in charge of the case, he said that you had sent allot of money to him in order to receive your ATM card but he did

not deliver your card to you but kept telling you to send more money only for the delivery of your ordinary ATM card to your residence.

Then after the last judgement on Monday this week, he was sentenced 3 years imprisonment for extorting such amount of money from you only for the

delivery of your ATM card and later did not got the card delivered to you.

Like I have said above, I am now in charge of your delivery and I have been trying since Monday this week to have your card deliver to you but I

found out that your ATM CARD has entered a demurrage on 31st August, 2011 and need to be clear off before it will be allow to be delivering to

you. And its demurrage fees from 1st sept to today 1st of October are $90.00 which is $3 per day.

So my dear, you are advice to send the money today so that I will get every arrangement about this delivery done today and by Monday morning you

will receive your card on your doorstep,again for your information,here is our officaly e-mail ddress,once,again(www.fedexccc@live.com)

Enclosed is the information where you will send the $90.00 for the immediate processing on your delivery.

Receiver  CHINEDU IWUNOR
City   Cotonou
Country   Benin
AMOUNT  $90
Question   New
Answer  Director

Note: the order and authority to deliver your ATM card to you is from the Federal Government in conjunction with the Federal High Court, not by

my power. So try your best and send the money today to enable me carry out the delivery without wasting any further time.

Finally, be inform that the demurrage will be increasing $3 per day until you pay it, so try all your best to send the $90.00 today to avoid its

increase.

Waiting to hear from you ASAP with the MTCN numbers.

Thanks for your utmost understanding.

Best regard,
Mr.LARRY RAMONDY
Director In-charge of your delivery.
Tel: +229-96478669




Anti-fraud resources: