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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: "John Barnabas,UN Regional Office Nigeria" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnbarnabas434@e-mail.ua>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 05:09:54 +0200
Subject: IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR PAYING BANK?

Attn: Beneficiary

I am,Mr John Barnabas, from the United Nations Regional office, Nigeria, I wish to inform you that We have actually decided to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment,recommended and approved claims for payment is certified as genuine in your favor.

During the course of our investigation,we discovered with dismay that the payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank, who are Trying to divert the Fund into their private accounts,to forestall this, we have established security in the form of personal Identification number (PIN) this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund.

We have also agreed with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)that, we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by these corrupt Officials. We have obtained Payment Order for your Payment, from the World Bank and International Monetary Funds (IMF). We are happy to notify you that based on our recommendation/instructions; the payment of US$ 10.000.000 (TEN MILLION, DOLLARS) will be released to you.

You are therefore advice to contact this office immediately for the release of the payment. You should know that our main motive of contacting you is to remit the US$10, Million in to your bank account of your choice.

We shall give you further details and codify your payment once we hear from you.

Kindly furnish to us below details.

1. Your full Name and physical address
2. Your Bank Details
3. Your Fax Number, Land Telephone Number and Cell Phone Number.
4. Occupation

Call me on my Official Direct Telephone number +234-7038451560 and E-mail address: johnbas55@nokiamail.com

Regards

Mr John Barnabas.
United Nations.
Regional Office Nigeria.

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