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: drpeterobi3014@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 07:11:08 +0100
Subject: MR PETER OBI ATM CARD

Attention: Beneficiary

It was resolved and agreed last week at the Atm Card head
quarter that your inheritance fund would be release to you
on a special method of payment Tag name read swift credit
card This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you
will use to withdraw your fund in an ATM MACHINE in any
part
of the world, the maximum you can withdraw is
($10,000.00-$20,000.00) Thousand Us Dollars per transaction
until you make the whole withdrawal.

Secondly, you are hereby adviced to stop dealing with some
non-Government officials as this is an illegal act and will
have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment
immediately.After the board meeting held at our
headquarters, we have resolved in finding a lasting
solution
to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your
payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe,
America,Africa and Asia Pacific.

The machine will also include a display screen, function
buttons (usually placed near the screen and covering the
functions of saying "yes," "no," and "cancel"), a printer
and a cash drawer. Depending on the ATM, it may also
provide
envelopes for deposits and security
cameras.

The ATM card is a little less dangerous if you lose it,
since nobody can use it to drain your account without your
PIN (personal identification number). Also, most banks
limit
the amount of cash that can be withdrawn every day on an
ATM
card

(1) Your Full Name
(2)Address where you want the payment centre to send your
ATM CARD.
(3) Phone And Fax Number.

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have
to stop any further communication with anybody or office
apart from this office. On this regards, do not hesitate to
contact me for more details and direction.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,

MR PETER OBI

Anti-fraud resources: