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: WESTERN UNION <ubfora@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officep300@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 07:24:26 +0100
Subject: MTCN# 596-633-1692

ATTENTION Dear Customer.
>From Western Union Money Transfer
Date 7th March 2022

we sent you mail on Thursday, 3rd March 2022 and no respond so now we do
apologize for our late response. Secondly, I am Jerry Morgan the Managing
Director Western Union Money Transfer office Here in Nigeria.The
transfer of your
funds has commenced today with your first payment of $5000.00 already sent
as ordered by the Federal Ministry for Finance. What is required from you
is $100 for activation fee of your Western Union Money Transfer code of all your
transfers and this payment must be made to this office before the transfer
information will be released for you to pick up your first payment.

two payment was sent to you through Western Union Money transfer
$5000.00)each,HERE is the sender information.MTCN #: 596-633-1692 sender
name. Rose Leung, it is available for pick up at Western Union Money
transfer office now
Contact Western union with this Email(officep300@gmail.com)

Bear it mind that you must pay $100 for the
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE AUTHORIZATION FORM before you will
pick up your first payment of $5000 today If you
cannot pay this $100 don't respond so that we should cancel the $5000
immediately.and also cancel your total fund

Here is the information to pick up your payment of $5000.00 through
Western Union Money transfer office nearest to you and once again i
want you to go now and pick
it up over there today with the Transfer information below and also your I.D
Card okay

First payment reference number
MTCN# 596-633-1692
Senders Name :HASSAN BASHIRU
Programed Amount : $5000.00USD
====================================

(Track the MTCN by visiting:::::::::
https://www.westernunion.com/web/global-service/track-transfer-success

Please you are advised to move to the Western Union Money Transfer and effect
payment for the activation fee of your MTCN immediately and start receiving
your funds without delay. For security reasons, you are advised not to
expose this or the total amount of money you are receiving to people as you
are only advised to move to any Western Union Money Transfer in your
area and make
the needed payment or you can also send it through Western/Union or Ria money
Transfer with the information provided below and you shall receive the
transfer information to pick your payments within 3 hours today.

We shall be provided with necessary documents covering your funds with your
transfer information as soon as your activation fee is confirmed paid over
here as we are not allowed to release vital documents without receiving
your fee and commencing the transfer. The $100 activation fee covers all the
transfer of your full funds and you shall start receiving your funds from
this office as soon as the payment is confirmed from you today.

The Federal Ministry of Finance also mandated that on no account shall any
form of money be deducted from your total funds as it has to be receive in
exact amount as it is recorded to avoid mistakes so you will be receiving
$5000.00 usd daily until it completes the total amount of 10 Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($10.5 Million) as we have in our file
here In addition, this is to let you know that $5000.00 has been sent
already as your first payment and the transfer information is
available to pick up
by this office and shall be released as soon as we hear from you.

Please i will like you to give me a call (+234-916-006-6334)as soon as you
send the $100.00 to avoid delays on this transaction as we have no excess
time and as you know that your funds has lasted for a very long time than
given, to avoid transferring your funds into government account due to
failure to comply.Hope you understand my point? So your urgent response is
highly needed You are to send the fee with INFORMATION BELLOW. SEND VIA
ONLY WESTERN UNION OFFICE AROUND YOU

Receiver Name___Chinedu Obiora
Country___Nigeria
City___Lagos
Question___GOOD
Answer___WORK
Amount___$100
MTCN Number
Sender's Name

So please bear it in mind that you are the one delaying your payments
that was sent to you today and i want to let you know that after the
payment no more fee just of this $100usd only that`s the only thing it will
cost you i will be much happy if you can follow the instruction i gave you
and see how thing will be well settle and fine i promise you no more fee
only $100usd only Okay

REGARDS
Dr Jerry Morgan
(+234-916-006-6334)
Western Union Money Transfer Office

Anti-fraud resources: