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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: Gloria Angel <gloriaangel05@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gloria.angel@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:06:11 +0000
Subject: Make use of this Opportunity/Reply as soon as possible



Dear, Sir

I am Mrs. Gloria Angel, Manager Accounts department Home Loan State
Bank UK. After careful study, i found it deem to carry out this
transaction with you as someone i can trust

Over the past 7 years most greedy African Politicians used our bank to
move money overseas through the help of their Political advisers, this
funds was acquired from the sales of crude oil and gold for the
development of their various countries.

I was the Account Officer to these politicians, when i discovered that
they were using me to divert this fund to acquire properties, i
quickly deposited the sum of £10.7M GBP to the Home Loan State Bank
Escrow account. I was able to convince them that the amount was paid
as non residence tax. Attached to this e-mail is the fund deposit for
your confirmation that this transaction is 100% safe and free. Open
the attach file for confirmation of the fund deposit

Now, i want to claim the fund, but our code of conduct and banking
policies does not allow us to claim such fund, so i decided to contact
you in order to present yourself as the depositor of the said fund
that is why i am soliciting for your partnership to claim these funds.
I will give you guideline on how to claim the fund and i assure you a
successful transaction without a hitch. I will take care of the
underground works to make this transaction successful

I will give you 30% of the total sum for securing the fund. Note that
the transaction is 100% legal and all modalities has been perfected

Do get back to me for further details on my direct personal email

I wait to hear from you

Sincerely,

Mrs. Gloria Angel

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