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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: Mrs maria Christ <"WWW."@plum.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs maria Christ <bankofficial990@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 22:49:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Available payment is due




Your Available payment is due

This is to disclose to you that a secret summit had been held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, to release $350,000.000 (Three Fifty Million US Dollars) to 350 peoples cross the United Nation states, the said (350 Million) was released after the acceptance of the submitted result of the beneficiaries by the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) headquartered in Washington, D.C

Each beneficiary is to receive a total of $10,000,000 (Ten Million US Dollars) on one condition to use the fifty percent (50%) of the money as a contract agreement to help victims around you, such as (FLOOD VICTIMS, SCAM VICTIMS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION). According to the payment schedules out of the 350 beneficiaries in numbers your name emerged number 6th providential winner to claim $10,000,000. Take note, the expenditures should be made out of the $5,000,000 (Five Million US Dollars) Contract fraction.

The total sum has been deposited with the Freedom Bank of Virginia Branch in Washington DC USA Contact Mr. Craig S. Underhill, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Bank on this official Email: bankofficial990@gmail.com he will feed you with the final steps for the claim.

The only charge is $109.00 fee obligatory for the AU Fund Authorization Permit (A.U.F.A.P) kindly make the fee available and asks Mr. Craig S. Underhill, where to send the fee. Warning; kindly ignore to reply to this message if you are not competent or interested about the contracts offer, then endeavor to claim your $5,000,000 only.

This is a task deal to remain undisclosed to anyone to avoid or avert all kind of assault

Best wishes and best regards.
Reporting from Mrs maria christ.

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