|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: " HASSAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <DRBELLOHASSAN@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:34:21 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION VERY VERY FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Attn Sir .
RE:CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PART-PAYMENT APPROVAL IN YOUR FAVOUR.
Following The Federal Government Mandate of October 10, 2017 over
Foreign Payment (CONTRACT AND INHERITANCE FUNDS),our bank has
finally received a final approval over your payment.We have also
attached this along to the Due Process Office with a payment approval
notice RE FGN-CBN/INTERCONT/22XXY36/017 in your favour.
The account details bellow is purported to have been submitted by your
Representative in Nigeria .As a matter of procedure we requset that
you confirm this
account details.
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK HONG KONG.
ACCOUNT NO:410-1-097081-7.
BANK CODE:003.
SWIFT CODE:SCBKL HK HH.
TELEX:73230SCHNKHX.
BENEFICIARY:FU KWOK WING.
ADDRESS:FU KWOK WING(Private Address)Suite615.6/F,
BLK"E" Central MAnsion.527-9 JAffe road Hong Kong.
FAX:852-28380705 Or Tel/FAX:852-93874218.
We also request that you give us the details of your Nigerian
Representative to enable us
get him/herconfirmed and registered with the Due Process Office for
accreditation's for
representatives and signatories.
Your urgent response to this mail will be to the interest all
DR. BELLO HASSAN
|
Anti-fraud resources:
