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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: =?iso-2022-jp?Q?FBI=1B=24B!G=1B=28Bs?= Finance Division <www.@crux.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the FBI" <richardhaley151@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:54:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
REGARDING RECOVERY OF YOUR LOST MONEY.

Attention:
My name is Mr. Richard L. Haley II,Assistant Director (AD)/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the FBI’s Finance Division, attached with United Nations international police unit USA.We discovered that you are among the list of foreigners that fell victims of fraudulent activities of some scam operators, and they claim they were doing legitimate transactions with you. From our investigation, we discovered that you have lost some money, which may include borrowed money to fulfill your financial obligation with these criminals.
I discovered that a lot of names have contacted you,and they claimed to be your partners and friends in business. They used your money and do away with it. Though they are now on the run,but they may be writing to you from hiding place, due to mobile internet services.

They are the people that told you series of endless sweet good stories,we gave you all these evidence to enable you know that we have first class information of what

you did with them,we need your absolute cooperation to enable us recover your fund and send it back to you to enable you reposition your deteriorated financial life.

We have seized the properties of these men that are on the run, and have submitted their properties to government for auction sales and we need to hear from you to

advise you on how to apply for recovery of your fund and if possible give us more details that will help us to arrest them. PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THIS EMAIL TO THEM

TO ENABLE US ARREST THEM.DO NOT INFORM THEM, JUST MAINTAIN REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE WITH US AND ALWAYS UPDATE ME ANYTIME THEY WRITE YOU.
The United Nations Organization has decided to compensate you with the sum of US$4.9 Million United States Dollars to help in repositioning your financial life.
Just fill this form below for proper verification before sending you the money.

1. Your Full Names:.....
2. Your Home Address:...
3. Phone Number:......
4. Sex:..............
5. Age:..............
6. Occupation: .....
7. Nationality:.....
8. Your ID .....

Your reply to us is very important.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard Haley..
Assistant Director (AD)/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the FBI’s Finance Division..

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