joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Ibrahim Lamorde" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: barristerfredsmith3030@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:34:17 +0200
Subject: ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).


EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in Nigeria. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States Government and the United Nations and some corrupt official administrator Mr Ibrahim Lamorde has been sacked who happen to be the former EFCC chairman.


We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROON AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.


We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.


This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in Nigeria and with the information garter ed from this Scam artist, you notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund. You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $ 2.5 Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, Inheritance, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist.


Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation of US $ 2.5 Million, will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM Mater card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $10,000 per day which is powered by Master Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Master Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM).


We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from USA Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared.

To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center In Nigeria via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Stamp Duties and Endorsement of your ATM CARD Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $480.00 USD only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal Government.

ATM Card Center Director Barrister Fred Smith .
Email: (barristerfredsmith3030@gmail.com)
Phone Number: +234-818-049-2890

Do contact Barrister Fred Smith of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below and also ask him for the payment information you need to send the $480.00USD Approval of Stamp Duties and Endorsement of your ATM CARD Release Order:



FULL NAMES:.....................................
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD:..................
SEX:............................................
OCCUPATION:.....................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER:...............................
EMAIL ADDRESS:..................................


On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $480.00 USD via MoneyGram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Stamp Duties and Endorsement of your ATM CARD Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay via DHL COURIER SERVICE.




Best Regard,
Mr Ibrahim Lamorde

Anti-fraud resources: