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: FINANCE MINISTRY <directemail.ministryoffinance@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:45:21 -0700
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME QUICKLY

*United States Department of the Treasury *
*Treasury Building 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1500+Pennsylvania+Avenue,+NW+Washington,+D.C.,+USA?entry=gmail&source=g>*
*NW Washington, D.C., USA
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/1500+Pennsylvania+Avenue,+NW+Washington,+D.C.,+USA?entry=gmail&source=g>*

*Tel: (202) 622-2000 *



Dear Beneficiary,

I write to let you know that your inheritance funds trapped in Europe,
Asia and Africa will now be paid to you through the United States
Department of the Treasury.

This is in agreement with the International Monetary Funds(IMF) with the
collaboration of the United Nations to pay all the beneficiaries their
inheritance funds which have been denied them over a period of time.

You are among the beneficiaries that are entitled to receive his payment.

You will receive the sum of US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United
States Dollars) as INHERITANCE FUNDS.

Your payment approval code is UN/IMF/USA/0075/2022

You are required to forward the following to me for immediate processing
and transferring of your funds:

1. YOUR FULL NAMES
2. ADDRESS
3. COPY OF ANY OF YOUR NATIONAL IDENTITY
4. TELEPHONE NUMBER
5. YOUR BANKING INFORMATION

You should send these requirements to me to enable me to process and
transfer your funds into your Bank Account without delay.

I await to receive the above required information from you for immediate
processing and transferring of your fund.

Sincerely,

Janet Yellen
Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury

Anti-fraud resources: