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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: Joe Allen <ajoe94536@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:11:30 +0100
Subject: Confirm This Information


INTERPOL General Secretariat
200, quai Ronald Noble,
69006 Lyon
France.


Attention: Sir,
We received a letter of attestation from an attorney representing you in
respect to your overdue fund demanding for issuance of letter of
Authorization(LOA) from our office to cover the relevant security clearance
as demanded by Bank of Settlement where your fund is invested, with the aim
of awarding the change of ownership to another person stating that you died
in a vehicle accident that occurred in your country where only pictures
inscribed with the date of the accident was taken at the scene of the
accident was provided as evidence.

On the contrary, the signal, and report gathered from our real-time and a
pain-staking investigation carried out with the help of our high-tech
infrastructure of both technical and operational support systems aiding us
in meeting the growing challenges of fighting crime in this 21st century.
It was discovered that your name, identity, and email were currently used
to transfer and invest the total sum of $36,000,000.00 in the Settlement
Bank of United States and the dividend currently running up to $
15,000,000.00. We have all the document here to confirm this claim

Now the questions are, how can a dead man be actively involved in fund
investment without the presence of the next of kin who is supposed to be
the signatory? Secondly, could this lawyer be trying to play a smart one?
and lastly but not the least, This office has not at any time been notified
either by email or letter by any medical practitioner certifying your
deceased state or any document issued by any member of your family or from
a registrar of vital statistics that declares the date, location, and cause
of your death.

We have tried severally to reach-out to you by sending emails to your
address and several attempted calls made, but all have so far proved
abortive, hence this office is left with no other option than to send this
reminder message to your email ones again, as we would not accept to be
held liable for any loss of your rights and fund to a wrong person. If you
are still alive, do respond with your form of identification for final
confirmation without delays, as we have already informed the bank that the
real beneficiary of the fund may likely still be alive without even
realizing what the lawyer whom so much was entrusted to have been up to.

Best Regards,
Joe Allen, for,
Mr. Jürgen Stock,
New Secretary-General of the International
Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

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