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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: "MRS .NADINE G. COTTO" <mrsnadinegcotto@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Hello

We wish to inform you that a power of attorney was forwarded to our
office this morning, by two gentlemen regarding your unclaimed fund of
$8.5 Million Dollar. One of them is an American citizen named Mr.
Robert Porter and the other is Mr. Wilhelm Berg, a Swedish citizen.
The document claims these gentlemen to be your authorized
representatives, and the power of attorney states that you are already
deceased.

It further states that your death was due to Corona-Virus Pandemic,
with your date of death being November 27th 2020.They have now
submitted a new account to replace the receiving account that was in
the original claim of funds. These funds have remained unclaimed for
quite some time and the need for resolution is pressing to activate
the funds from the dormant account to activate for the transaction to
be complete.

Below is the new account they have submitted.

Account Name's : Robert Porter /Wilhelm Berg
Account: 5007-29 438 66
IBAN-nr: SE4150000000050072943866
Bic-kod: ESSESESS
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. (SEB)
SWEDEN .

In the event that you are in fact still alive, we ask that you confirm
your existence by responding to this email with your Accurate details.

For Bank To Bank WIRE TRANSFER Reconfirm the below information accurate.

1.Full Name:

2.Living Address,

3.Cell Phone:

4.Company Name,

5.Banking Details:

6.Account Number:

7.Account Name:

8.SWIFT CODE/BIC CODE:

9.Bank Name :

10.Bank Address:

11.Profession:

12.Copy of your passport/ driving license

13.Next Of Kin Name & Phone Number

You are to view this as a matter requiring immediate attention and
response. We have 48 hr monitoring of all activities within the
Federal Reserve Bank. We have contacted the bank in Sweden asking them
to wait for further directives from the Federal Reserve Bank, prior to
authorizing any withdrawals in any form. Our request is based entirely
on our attempt to verify that
you are in fact deceased, before money is wrongly disbursed.

Finally, we forewarn you that if we do not hear back from you shortly,
we will have to assume that you are in fact deceased and the Federal
Reserve bank will proceed with releasing funds to the above newly
submitted account after the activation.


Sincerely,
Morris Jonathan
World Bank Assisted

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