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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: "Samantha Hernandez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samahernandez01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:11:38 -0500
Subject: RE: I NEED YOUR HELP

Dear Beloved,
My name is Mrs. Samantha Hernandez, am 85yrs old of age and I stay here in New York City, I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and good share in various banks in the world.
I spend all my life on investment and co-operate business both in Asia, Europe and America. All the way I lost my husband and two beautiful children in Car Accident which remains in my heart.
Before this happen my business and concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Before became ill, I kept $2,500,000.00 ( Two Million , Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) in a long-term deposit account with a bank in London, United Kingdom.
Presently, I am in a hospital here in New York where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.
Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company and distributes it among charity organizations in your country.
Your share of will be 30% of the total money for your time and assistance and for any cost you might incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations.
I am willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help me accomplished my heart desire please reply as soon as you can and ay the good Lord bless you and your family.
Regards,
Mrs. Samantha Hernandez.
samahernandez01@gmail.com

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