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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: "Mr.Abdulrasheed Bawa" <tonyelumelu770@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahimmagu146@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:57:26 -0800
Subject: I wait for your immediate response

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Urgent Attention:
I am ,Mr.Abdulrasheed Bawa the acting Chairman of the EFCC in conjunction
with International Police, The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC.We got a report from director of UBA bank in
Nigerian, person of Mr.Kennedy Uzoka/Mr. Morgan Daniel. The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement
agency that investigates financial crimes such as delayed transaction,
abandoned fund etc. The EFCC was notified that sum of 4,500,000:00 USD
is being pending on your data and will be confiscated in next few days
if you the beneficiary failed to claim it. He informed us that you
have not claimed your fund yet. He claimed that you refused to come up
with $120 needed for the transaction to be completed. However, we only
heard from him, therefore we really want to hear from you as well to
know exactly what transpired between you and UBA CEO Mr.Kennedy Uzoka
and why you did not claim the fund up till now. We will like you to
explain to our humble understanding as soon as possible why haven’t
have the fund in your possession. As you can see we're already on this
issue and will see to successful end of it this time, we have not come
for threaten or arresting anybody yet but to settle the case amicably
so we will appreciate it if you honor us, I assure you we will
definitely come to resolution point of the whole matter.

Mr.Abdulrasheed Bawa
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC

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