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: "FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <firstb5960@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 16:44:58 +0100
Subject: Rev. Ashii Ashii

Rev. ASHII OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
35 Marina P. O. Box 5216,
LAGOS- NIGERIA


DEAR Sir/Ma

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today. I am Rev. ASHII A the Director, International
Remittance Department of this Bank,my Boss, Mr. Jacobs Mr.Ajekigbe, the Managing Director/CEO of this bank is now
on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me to make all international payments.Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in
other Nigeria Banks including the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Government has revoked/cancelled all power vested on those banks and has appointed our
bank (First Bank of Nigeria) to make all foreign payments.Be informed that the Federal Government have approved the release of part-payment of$7.5M(Seven
Millon Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) out of your total funds, which has been in this bank for many years unclaimed because my boss Mr. Jacobs Ajekigbe, elaboration with the Governor of
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have refused to tell you the truth on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using the interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself
without your knowledge,I want to help you pull out this fund to your bank account using the easiest and the quickest method, which have not been
made known to you before. By this method, you will open a domiciliary account with this bank (First Bank of Nigeria),your fund would be lodged
into this domiciliary account and your fund will be paid in directly to any bank of your choice.

After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your bank account within 5hours the same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and no stoppage from any Government departments as the transfer will
be done within the bank alone and it is very safe.The method which was introduced to you before is the Telegraphic Transfer (TT) for which
confirmation was 48hrs, because of the time factor, petitions could come from various organizations stopping your payment and asking you to pay
huge fee which would be difficult for you to pay so that they can benefit from the huge interest your fund generates while still in the Bank.

This method is not safe for you because it is not done within the bank alone as information of the payment would be sent to the Central Control Unit (CCU) of the Federal Ministry of Finance
and office of the Accountant General of the Federation.As a good Christian, I have nothing to gain by keeping your fund, I want to assist you receive your fund before my boss resumes
office. You have to follow up and work with me now, so keep this very confidential because of fraudsters and impostors who go about presenting
various bank accounts in order to divert another beneficiary's fund.your present/valid account co-ordinates and amount to be claimed so that I do
not transfer your fund to the wrong Bank Account Awaiting your quick me reply to firstb5960@gmail.com

Yours truly,
Rev. Ashii Ashii

Anti-fraud resources: