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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: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA PAYMENT CENTER <cbnnig2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bm8118921@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:33:22 +0100
Subject: FUND TRANSFER.

/FOREIGN OPERATIONS.DEAR SIR/MADAM,YOUR CONTRACTOR/INHERITANCE FUNDS
$10.5MILLION.THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS
BEEN GAZETTED TO BE RELEASED, VIA TELEX TRANSFER (TT)DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER
TO YOU BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND
TRANSFER.MEANWHILE,A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A
LETTER,CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HERE ARE HER
INFORMATION:NAME JANET WHITEBANK NAME: CITI BANKBANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA,
USA.ACCOUNT Number: 6503809428.PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A
MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME AND FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT, INHERITANCE/AWARD WINNING CLAIM IS
INFORMED THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CORRESPOND WITH ANY PERSON OR OFFICE
ANYMORE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND BELLOW:INFORMATION REQUEST FOR YOUR
TRANSFER.(1) YOUR FULL NAME:(2) FULL ADDRESS OF YOUR CITY, STATE AND
COUNTRY:(3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:(4) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND
ADDRESS:(5) BANK INFORMATION:(A) BANK NAME:(B) BANK ADDRESS:(C) ACCOUNT
NUMBER:(D) SWIFT CODE/(E) ROUTING NUMBER:(F) IBAN NUMBER(6) PROFESSION, AGE
AND MARITAL STATUS:(7) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE.THE
RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR, EXECUTIVE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE
COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUND HAVE APPROVED AND
ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE /FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO HANDLE AND
TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUNDS THIS THIRD QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE
YEAR.HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID
MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WHITEN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS
FROM TODAY.CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.BEST REGARDSMR.BELLO MOHAMMED. *

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