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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. Maria Dav Ivan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.dav1953@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:43:37 +0100
Subject: Financial Matters-Confidential

Hello Dear,

I know how astonishing this message will be to you but it is due to my urgent need to hand over funds to you for charity work however this correspondent is unofficial and private. Please give me this little chance to explain myself to you, I would have like to meet you face to face before departing from this mother earth but my illness continue to deprive the chance, but I know I am strong even if I die on the process of this operation I will still be happy.

My name is Mrs. Maria Dav Ivan I am a dying woman and i decided to donate what I have to you which is to be used to assist poor people and charity homes. I am 49 years old and I was diagnosed of cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than some weeks because of my health, I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $20,500,000(Twenty million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows in general.

My husband was merchant, he deals on oil and gas, before his death, he inform me that he had some deposit with a private security company in Europe but i was unable to complete the company's required formalities as a result of my health that is why I decided to donate the money to assist poor people and charity homes. If you believe that you can handle money as REQUESTED,then you have to arrange for claim to Security company.

IMPORTANT! Please know that this operation will require you to go to the security company in Europe to sign the original release order forms and to transfer the funds into your bank account for the work.


I wish you all the best and abundantly blessing, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others should encase I did not survive this major operation I am about to go through now, but all I need now is prayers.

Please send me all the below information for easy communication.


Your full name...........

Your mobile number............

Your age.......................

Your sex...........................

Your identification proof ....................

Your occupation...............................

Your country and city.......................

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

Best Regards
>From Mrs. Maria Dav Ivan

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