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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 Suzana Osman." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <suzanaosman6666@hotmail.my>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:48:31 +0800
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

Dearest One,

I hope all is well over there in your country. If so, thanks be to God. My name is Miss Cicilia R. D. Hian, of Sarawak Malaysia. I am 22years old.The only daughter of

late mr Hian,who pass on on the 11th of febuary 2011 my father until his death was the one of the richest highly reputable business man that made his money in

Sugar,Palm Oil and Chemical interests he operated in Kuala Lumpur capital of Malaysia during his days.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital in london United Kingdom he called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Eleven Million, Five

hundred thousand United State Dollars. (USD$11.500,000) deposited in a bank here here in Malaysia. He used my name being the only child as the next of kin

(beneficiary)to the fund.immediatly after my fathers death,my ucle who is my fathers younger brother took over my fathers company,and have been after me since

then.Now,i have in my possession the deposit certificate and all the vital documents which the Bank gave to my late father when he deposited the money.

I need your sincere assitance to help me transfer this money to your country,after which i will come over to your country to continue my education,while you look out

for a good lucrative bussiness you can invest on my behalf.All i need is your trust and understanding.
Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

My sincere regard
Miss Cicilia Datuk Hian

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