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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: "International Monetary Fund (IMF)" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:31:41 +0100
Subject: RE: YOUR $5,000,000.00 IMF APPROVED ATM CARD IS READY

International Reconciliation and Logistics Vault International Monetary Fund (IMF) 9 Hon. Justice Mohammed Bello St. Asokoro Abuja Attn: Sir/Ma COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS. It is a pleasure to write to you that we have reconciled with our logistic department on the reimbursement of some funds spent by you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some imposters who claim to be staff in banks and other regional payment centers. Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus instrument of the United Nations after freezing suspected impostors account. This support was fully effective with the help of the World Bank after a summit meeting in London, on the financial analysis on financial stability issues fluctuating their economy with the international global standard. After gathering this sum, our logistics department gave us a list of customers to be paid who fell victim to those Imposters to unawareness. And mode of payment was also specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against criminality during the process of payment. We have arranged your payment through our swift card centers, which is the latest instruction from the International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office. The card center will send you an ATM Debit card with cash equivalent of $5,000,000.00(Five Million United States Dollars Only) which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM Center, Banks and Union Pay Credit outlets in the world, You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning the required below to the Logistic Department by email listed below. International Monetary Fund (IMF), Contact Manager: Mr. Paul Rochers Email: fintnet@aol.com 1. Full Name: 2. Phone and Fax Number: 3. Your age and Current Occupation: 4. Delivery Address: For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-7750) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject. Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all costs arising for the delivery of the donation parcel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriation. Yours in Service, Mr. Robert Ferguson Admin Chairman International Reconciliation and Logistics Vaults International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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