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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: "Christopher A. Wray" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nb859652b@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 16:22:24 -0700
Subject: Re: As Matter of Urgency

Office Of The Director,
Christopher A. Wray,
Federal Bureau Of Investigation,
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, D.C. 20535-0001, USA.


Dear


Our International Operations Division has directed the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to your transaction with the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) concerning your overdue inheritance/contract payment. It might interest you to learn that we have fully analyzed the transaction as stipulated by our Operational Investigative Guidelines and have confirmed that it is 100% genuine and hitch-free, and you have the legitimate right to claim.


We recently had our spring meetings with the Executive Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Mr. Michael M. Adler (US ambassador to Belgium), and some top officials of the ministry regarding the subject matter, and we were led to understand that your payment file was suspended pending when you applied for the claim.

But the major challenges facing the Bank are (i). Some unscrupulous elements are using this project to scam innocent people off their hard-earned money by impersonating the Executive Governor or an official of the National Bank of Belgium. (ii). A woman named Mrs. Linda J Box, from New York submitted an application to CBN with a power of attorney and some official documents with your purported authorization for the release of the Fund (US$8,000,000.00) to her due to your ill health.


Given all these, we have been urged to warn beneficiaries who have received information about their outstanding inheritance/contract payment to be very careful, in order not to be a victim of circumstance. In case you are already dealing with someone from the National Bank of Belgium or whichever office, you are strictly advised to DESIST from further communication with that individual in your best interest, and thereby contact the real office of the National Bank of Belgium via the below information:


Name: Mr. Pierre Wunsch
Office Address: National Bank of Belgium,
Boulevard de Berlaimont 14, 1000,
Brussels, Belgium
Email: nb859652b@yandex.com


NOTE: You should ignore any message that does not come from the above email address for security reasons. And to enable the National Bank of Belgium to process and release the fund to you, you are required to re-confirm your full details such as:


Your Full Name:
Contact Home Address:
Your Cell Phone Number:
Your Date of Birth:
Sex:
Country:


Ensure that you abide by the National Bank of Belgium due process in line with the International Banking Secrecy Act, to avoid any form of a discrepancy, which may hinder your fund transfer.


Thanks for your understanding and cooperation as we earnestly await your urgent reply.


Best Regards,
Christopher A. Wray,
Federal Bureau of Investigation

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