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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: Ruth Hamson <ruthhamson58@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:12:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Ms. Ruth Hamson.

From Ms. Ruth Hamson.

Dearest,

I am sorry to come to you this way, I am writing this email to you with respect trust and humanity, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my message, I came across your profile and my spirit
lead me to contact you, well i realy needed someone honest, truthfull to share my feelings and my burden with you, let me introduce myself to you, I'm Ms. Ruth Hamson, 23 years old, the only daughter of the late. / Mrs Hamson. a native of the Ivory Coast in West Africa.

My father was a very wealthy businessman when he was alive he deal with car imports and he was killed because of his wealth through one of our family member so that he will claim my father's property which he has already don, my mother died when I was 6 years old and my father took good care of me as his only daughter, before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Cote d'Ivoire where he confessed, he called me secretly to his bed side and out to me for the sum of four million five hundred U.S. dollars ($ 4.5million) he left in a suspense account in a bank here in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

and he also told me he kept all the documents that the bank issued him when he
put the money, and my name was written as the next of kin as his only daughter, so I am contacting you to assist me and stand as my foreign partner who will help me I will transfer the money to your account over there in your country, my father gave me
to look for a foregn partner of my choice where my life can save, so by going into your profile my mind leed me to contact you.

Immediately I hear from you regarding my request, so be free in mind to give me your information. I wait for your mail.
Thank you for your understanding.

MS Ruth Hamson.

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