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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: Patrick Skinner <patrickskimer15@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 08:58:49 +0100
Subject: NOTICE:


*Hello: *




















*I'm sending you this urgent email to confirm if you actually know one Mr.
Anthony Ruiz Berg who claims to be your business associate/ partner in your
country because he is about to inherit your payment by inheritance
means.The said Mr. Anthony Ruiz Berg rightfully informed us that you are
dead and he would like to change all the Information that you gave to us as
our genuine beneficiary. I don’t know why this development is coming now
that the Government of Benin Republic wants to offset all outstanding
payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the world and your
payment file was affected.As you may already know, a part payment of the
sum of $1.5 Million United States Dollars is ready to be paid to you and
has been approved by the governing council also your foreign exchange
allocation number has been released by the Central bank of Benin Republic.
Sorry to tell you this because I am so confused about the authenticity of
Mr. Anthony Ruiz Berg's proof of your death so now my superior in our bank
has ordered me to contact you to confirm if you are really dead or alive
before we make payment to the wrong person..We need to confirm from you if
it's really true that you are dead and if we did not hear from you within
the next 72hours it automatically means that you are actually dead and the
information passed to us by Mr. Anthony Ruiz Berg is correct. You are to
confirm this information immediately when you receive this email, so that
we know the true position of things with you so that we won't make any
mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person.Your quick
response will help the Ministry of Finance a lot. Please confirm if this
information below is correct about your business partner and get back to me
immediately before your fund will be sent to Mr. Anthony Ruiz Berg as he
has sent to us this banking information below where your funds should be
transferred to as agreed between both of you before you died.RECEIVER'S
BANK NAME : AM BANK GROUP.ACCOUNT NAME : ANTHONY RUIZ
BERG.ACCOUNT NUMBERS : 227-001-005561-0.SWIFT CODE
: ARBKMYKL.ADDRESS : COLORADO. U.S.A Finally send
your urgent response to me as soon as possible so I can take action before
your fund will be released to this bank account above provided by your
business partner Mr. Anthony Ruiz Berg. Act fast because delay is very
dangerous. If possible call me on my direct telephone number below to stop
this action immediately.Thanks,Mr. Patrick Skinner*

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