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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: "Shehu Abubakar Sanni" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sheabubakarsanni@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:40:28 -0500
Subject: Confidence

Good day,


I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though, I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day as long as we can work together in confidence. Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this email from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us.



My names are Shehu Abubakar Sanni., a personal Solicitor to Mr. Omar al-Bashir (Former President of Sudan) as my job is to monitor his savings account with a Finance Security Firm in Benin Republic A French Speaking Africa Country, Colonized By the French, where he had the sum of$35,000,000.00 presently saved as I am the only signatory to the fund due to how the account was opened to avoid tracing it to his name. Thus, I decided to contact you to enable me present you as the fund Next of Kin having the legal powers to do same.


I know you may not be biologically related to him but since I have the legal powers as well as documents under my possession, I assure you that we shall not breach the law hence he's now held by the Authorities and sent to prison for his past maltreatment with his people. At the eve of his arrest, he quickly sent me an urgent email to change the name of the fund to any person of my choice to avoid tracing it to his name as the fund ownership hence it shall be legally confiscated.



Therefore I am equally having his legal backing to make you a next of Kin to receive the fund. You are entitled to take 40% of the entire fund when transferred and keep the remaining 60% in your Bank Account pending further advice from me.


Best regards



Shehu Abubakar Sanni.

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