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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: WILLY MOUGH <.YY.SS.sffg.87W.MOUGH5446@io.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: WILLY MOUGH <customyourtdepertment@qualityservice.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:58:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Congratulations

Congratulations to this news,

I had been fighting back to make you happy again after all this while you been expecting your fund but no luck to receive it. I come back to get everything in alright but all i need from you is truthful and trust. If i can't trust from you then i will suspended everything i did to help you out.I spent a very huge amount to secure this and to enable you be the happiest one ok.

This is the total expenses cost $4,250 us dollars which you will pay me back as soon as you started withdraw money from the ATM CARD because I borrow part of the expenses money with collateral and promise to pay back in 7 banking days. Again Custom has given me the insurance paper to delivery your ATM Card parcel to your address today when you contacted them on time.

And bear it on your mind should be case if they ask you for any other money, you will only pay $187 dollar for the IMF signature and stamp on the papers due to the date was change to 2016 instead of 2015. And the serial code of the card was also changed because the ATM CARD suppose to expire this January 2016 and you cannot finish withdraw all the monies inside the card before the date and that is the reason why the serial code was change to enable ATM CARD last for you. Now the ATM CARD have guarantee of 4 good years to last, it will expire in January 2020


The only delay to get the card on your hand is the $187usd for the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) to stamp and sign on the changing errors on the Documents. So be advice to send it as soon as possible because I don’t have any money with me to use help you too, I do all the expenses cost $4,250 with all my money and borrowing to make that you got your ATM CARD now since everything is completed.

Please don’t be advice to find any other paper again while because all are obtained ok. Contact United State Custom with your full address details for immediate delivering of your ATM Card whort $25Million Dollars.

Send them your address such as below;
YOUR COUNTRY.................
YOUR FULL NAME..............
HOME ADDRESS.................
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER...........
OFFICE NUMBER........................
HOME NUMBER........
AGE...........
SEX...........

USE BELOW INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEM

E-Mail; customyourtdepertment@qualityservice.com
Phone number; 1 240 252 2624

WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ASAP.

Thanks and best regard,
Mr. Willy Mough

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