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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: "Aminu Musa" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:57:42 -0600
Subject: ...stand as BENEFICIARY !

Attention: The Managing Director

Dear Sir,

PLEASE THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL

May I humbly solicit your confidence Over This Transaction, My Name is Mr. Aminu Musa, I am the a Branch Bank Manager with United Bank for Africa (UBA), Please forget about the bad things you have heard about Nigeria, for you to be convinced and believe what I am saying, there will be a prove before we proceed

The Central Bank of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Bankers Committee, proactively embarked upon the deployment of a centralized Bank Verification System and launched the Bank Verification Number (BVN), in February, 2014. Regulatory Framework for Bank Verification Number (BVN)

On the course of 2019/2020 Year Report, I discovered SO MANY DORMANT ACCOUNTS, ABANDONED, Due to the introduction of Banks Verification numbers (BVN) in all banks in Nigeria, So many people that stole government funds and banked with different fake names can no longer have access to the funds again and forfeited it to the banks, Ninety-Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Us Dollars, [$ 98,100,000.00]; That belong to a late senator have Since placed this fund on SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any Beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I also successfully helped him before his death to move a huge sum to Europe and saved in a vault, which I can't be directly connected to this Fund for Security Reasons that is why I am contacting you for us to work together as Partners to receive the said Funds into your Account for INVESTMENT in your Country. The percentage Ratio is thus: 40% for you and Then 60% for me and my colleague/ the Auditor that discovers most of the dormant accounts.

Note: There is Practically No Risks Involved in this Transaction it is 100% Risk Free and Shall Be Legally Bounded, All You Need to do is to stand as the BENEFICIARY to the Deposit for a Proper Wire to Your Account. If you find this Proposal Suitable for you, get back For Full Details and Procedures

REPLY: to my Whatsapp number: +2347043948027, Or E-mail: ubaminumusa@gmail.com

Best regards,

Aminu Musa

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