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: "US Treasury Department Funds" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: timothygribben25@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:06:48 +0800
Subject: RE: US Treasury Department Funds!!!

From the Desk Of:

Timothy Gribben

Commissioner

Debt Management Services

Bureau of the Fiscal Service Funds

Our Ref: BFS/IRD/CBX/021/09

ATTN:

I'm Mr.Timothy Gribben,I am the Commissioner of the U.S. Department Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Debt Management? Services. Some time in the past a?


representative of yours approached me through a friend of mine who works with one of the?Government Agencies here and requested that I assist him conclude a money transfer deal having you as the beneficiary and we all agreed

I will give you more important details once I hear from you based on if you promise to keep away from your local representative and handle this matter with utmost confidentiality

because I want to transfer the money without the knowledge of any other officer of the bank or even without the knowledge of your local representative.

Note: We want the good name of our Country United States Of American. In God We Trust

Regards,

Timothy Gribben

Commissioner

Debt Management Services

Bureau of the Fiscal Service

US Treasury Department Funds

Email: timothygribben03@gmail.com

Cell Phone: (786) 361-8380

Anti-fraud resources: