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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: "President World Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <presidentjiimworldbnkgroup@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 13:59:30 +0400
Subject: Reply Back/Dr Jim Kim


Dr. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D
President World Bank Group
1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA
www.worldbankgroup.org


Attention Pls

I am Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group.
I write on behalf of the World Bank Group to know if you sent Mrs. Anna Randall to claim your compensation funds amounting $950,000 with her account details. Name

of Account Holder: Mrs.Anna Randall.
Beneficiary Bank: Bank of America USA.
Beneficiary Bank Address: 113 West Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia 24210, USA.
Beneficiary Bank Routing Number: 0041404914.
Checking Account Number: 6072039050.
You are aware through our first letter to you dated June 27 2013 notifying you of wining a grant from world Bank for those that were scam victims from Africa, And

your partner Mrs Anna Randall responded to us with the above bank details, what surprised us was that your name did not tally with the Bank details submitted by her when asked her excuse was not enough
We have advised the Pan African Eco Bank to Remit the funds either by

direct wire transfer or via Master card issued on the beneficiary name, But Your partner advised that payment be sent through the account provided by you.This was when we began to suspect her,

Please note that if we do not hear from you, we shall ask the Director African Region- to proceed with the PAN AFRICAN ECO BANK ABUJA NIGERIA To pay
Mrs. Anna Randall through her disgnated account submitted.
Thank you,

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D

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