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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: <hannaha401@barid.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 02:44:55 -0700
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME

Hello Friend,

Good day to you, I'm very sorry to have disturbed you with my Proposal but
I am glad to know you but God knows you better and he knows why he has
directed me to you at this point in time.

My name is Hannah Anderson and I am 25 years old from UK, where I am
schooling and working as a designer after school. I am the only daughter
of my parents my father died on a fatal auto accident on his way to see my
sick mother at the hospital where she was admitted for Cancer treatment,
she also died from the shock of my father’s death same day at the
hospital.

Before the death of my father, he had willed part of his Real Estate
Business, Gas Stations and a total sum of £50,700,000.00(Fifty Million,
Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) to me. But I was shocked when the
Bank Manager explained to me that I will not be able to with-draw from the
deposited money, because my father had put a clause on the Will, during
the deposit, saying that before I will be given access to the money, I
will either have to be 30 years old or if only I get married before the
age of 30, in which case, my husband will be legible to collect the money
on my behalf by standing in as my late father's next of kin to make the
claim on my behalf.

Please I am contacting you to stand in as my husband to claim this fund on
my behalf as I am still only 24 year old and I need to pay for my school
fees and in case if you are married already, you can still help me by
standing in as my late father's next of kin to the deposited fund. So,
please get back to me, as I will compensate you with 25% of the total
sum.

God bless,
Hannah Anderson.

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