joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: <oscarboarxxi@OSCARBOAR888.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <oscarboar2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:00:51 -0800
Subject: Greetings from L.U.TH. Hospital


Dear Friend, Greetings from L.U.TH. Hospital and God bless I am Mrs Oscar b=
oar ,A widow to the Late Clark Hank, I am 53years old, and a new Christian =
convert, suffering from long time, cancer of the ear. From all indications =
my condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't li=
ve long according to my doctors. This is because my cancer stage has gotten=
to a very bad stage. My late husband was killed during the U.S raid, again=
st terrorism in Afghanistan when he traveled to Afghanistan to monitor a Ho=
spital/a Humanitarian Found at (HHF) he was setting up for the benefit of t=
he Afghan masses as of then; whose majority and 99 percent of them were Mus=
lims, Islamic scholars and loyalists. During the period of our marriage we =
couldn't produce any child. But my late husband was very wealthy and after =
his death, I inherited all his businesses and wealth, and when I noticed th=
at my condition is not improving rather it gets worsen by the day I decided=
to divide part of this wealth, to contribute to Charity and the developmen=
t of the churches in Africa, and I prayed over it. So I am willing to donat=
e the sum of $5.8 Million to you for charity, Evangelical work and the less=
privileged, churches, orphanages and widows, Propagating the word of God a=
nd to ensure that the house of God is maintained. I took this decision upon=
myself because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my =
husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard ear=
ned money to be misused by unbelievers. Because I have come to find out tha=
t wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity. Please I want yo=
u to note that this fund is deposited with security company For safety purp=
ose. And upon my instruction, I will file in an application for the Change =
of Ownership of the fund to your name once I hear from you and you give me =
assurance of utilizing the fund properly. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus C=
hrist, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you a=
nd your family. I Await Your Urgent response to this email and with your co=
ntact telephone numbers and be informed that any delay in your response wil=
l give me room in sourcing for a church, another person or Christian indivi=
dual for this same purpose. Yours in Christ. Mrs Oscar boar

Anti-fraud resources: