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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: Aisha Gadaffi <aishagadaffi77@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:16:24 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mercy Favour. I work as the Regional Manager of Union Bank
of Nigeria Plc. With operational office at Falomo, Lagos-Nigeria. I
have packaged transaction that will be of mutual benefit to both of
us. As the Regional Manager of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Falomo, it
is my duty to send financial report to the Head office at Abuja, the
Federal Capital Territory.

During the Third quarter financial report ending December, 2017, I
discovered that one of the branches under my portfolio failed to
detect the sum of US$10.5milliion accruing to one of late customer
who died with the entire family in auto crash.the renowned official
auditors did not know about it so I moved the funds into an Escrow
call account with no specific beneficiary attached.Meanwhile, and for
obvious reasons, I cannot be directly connected to this money but I
can levy claim to it with help from outside. This is my reason for
contacting you to assist by receiving the funds into your bank account
in your country.

This is very possible provided you liaise properly with me. At the end
of the transaction, you will receive 30% of the total funds as your
benefit. all I need from you is to stand- in as the original depositor
of this money I will then compute all your particulars and details as
the rightful person who made the deposit initially at my branch so
that my Head Office will authorize the immediate transfer of the money
to your designated/nominated bank account.

Your full name.........
Age.....................
Home Address............
Phone number...........
Fax....................
Country location.......

For more information on this, please kindly send your reply to my
private e-mail box as follows: Email : ( mercymercy1985@yahoo.com
).


Yours Sincerely

Mercy Favour

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