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: Payment Policy Harmonization Committee <arinirooney@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tobiasadriant@citromail.hu
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:01:29 +0100
Subject: Re: Change of Beneficiary Double Payment Counter Claim Notice.

Payment Policy Harmonization Committee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) & WAMI Office
United Nations (UN) & World Bank Approved Payment Committee
WAMI Website: https://www.wami-imao.org, IMF Website: https://www.imf.org
<https://www.imf.org./>


Honorable Beneficiary,

Ref: Change of Beneficiary Double Payment Counter Claim Notice.

Dear,
Be informed that Mr. Park Kwang Myong from South Korea visited our
corresponding paying Bank Gulf International Bank (GIB) B.S.C. (UK) Limited
today with a Power of Attorney, an Affidavit Support of Payment Claim and
Funds Payment Claim Application Letter given in his favor by your good
self, granting him the benefit to process and claim your overdue inherited
Funds after the Banking due process.

His South Korean Passport Number is: M22475171 and he further stated that
your Online Bank Account be terminated while the Funds should be wire
transferred into his Bank Account details and also instructed the Bank not
to contact you because you are critically sick lying in a hospital bed with
a terrible health condition.

Bank Account Name: Park Kwang Myong.
Bank Account Number: 25312548555.
Bank Name: INDUSTRIAL BANK OF KOREA (IBK).
Bank Address: IBK FINANCE TOWER, FLOOR 16, JUNG-GU82, EULJI-RO, SEOUL,
South Korea.
BIC / SWIFT Code: IBKOKRSE.
Branch Code: XXX.
Bank Website: https://www.ibk.co.kr/.

The DOUBLE PAYMENT COUNTER CLAIM came to us with a huge shock and the
entire management of the Bank made a unanimous decision to contact you
first and ascertain that you are aware of this current development about
the Funds before further transfer to the new beneficiaries Bank Account
details.

Our corresponding paying Bank has asked Mr. Park Kwang Myong to return back
to the Bank within 48 hours to enable us to have a personal confirmation
from you being hitherto the beneficiary. You are hereby advised to respond
to below questions immediately.

(1) Did you instruct Mr. Park Kwang Myong to put a claim over your overdue
inherited Funds with a Power of Attorney from you ?.
(2) Are you critically sick lying in a hospital bed with terrible health
conditions ?.
(3) Have you instructed him to pay the required fee and claim your overdue
inherited Funds ?.

We are sincerely sorry to have delayed your instruction in giving out these
Funds since we must adhere to the Modus Operandi, Ethics, Guidelines and
Banking Rules of this Honorable Bank by making sure this request is
verified and confirmed by the original beneficiary and our Legal team of
the Lawyers Department.

Your Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) Card and documents parcel was
registered with Delta Cargo / Courier Services Company to enable them to
deliver it to your doorstep. Contact Delta Cargo / Courier Services Company
agent on this WhatsApp Number: +1 (715) 400-6720 and request for your ATM
Card Parcel Tracking Number, please note that you must pay a non negotiable
delivery fee of US$ 95 ONLY and we advise you to act urgently.

The security of your data and transactions is crucial to us, we therefore
apply one of the best Security Standards Available (128 bit SSL), this
(SSL) applies to the SECURED Business Transaction. You are advised NOT to
accept any Email, Text message or Whats app message or Telephone calls that
do not come with this Security Code ( SSL-128 ).

Reconfirm below details immediately to this Email Address:
tobiasadriant@citromail.hu, Whats App: +1 (715) 400-6720.
(1) Your Full Names:
(2) Your Current Address:
(3) Your Direct Telephone / Whats App Numbers:
(4) Amount Owed to you and overdue for Payment:
(5) Copy of your Identification.such as International Passport, National
Identity Card of Drivers License.

Sincerely,
Tobias Adrian (Financial Counselor / Chairperson)
Inter bank Financial Payment Policy Harmonization Committee
Under the Financial Surveillance Integration Department of WAMI & IMF

Anti-fraud resources: