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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: Kimberley Ryan <kinberley.ryan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:27:20 -0400
Subject: Hello

Greetings dear friend!

I am Mrs. Kimberley Ryan from United State of America, I am 69 years
old. I am deaf and had been suffering from breast cancer for a long
time and with all medication still my conditions is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do any
stressful thing, according to my doctors they had told me in advance
that i may not live for the next two months, this is because the
cancer has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a
motherless babies home and was married to my late husband for twenty
four years without a child, My Husband died in a fatal motor accident
and before his death we were true Christians. Since his death I
decided not to remarry because of the love we had for each other and I
sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of US$4.6m
(FOUR MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) with a
Security Company in one of the countries in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping
it so long will attract a demur rage fees as the security fees paid by
me has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody
to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my
illness or else they will get it confiscated. So instead of getting it
confiscated i rather have someone whom i can trust to receive the
funds and utilize it according to my wishes. Presently, I am here with
my notebook at a hospital in Australia where I have been undergoing
treatment for my sickness since I lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have less than two months to live. For
this reason, It’s my last wish to see that this money is invested to
any organization or individual that will help the less privileged,
the motherless babies home where i came from, the deaf homes, and
churches. All i seek for is a God fearing person who will carry out my
last wishes on . I took this decision, before i rest in peace because
my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply and your willingness sincerely to get
this done, I shall give you the contact of the Security Company in
Europe. All i need from you is a confidential assurance that the
funds which will be received by you, will be used for the said purpose
because nowadays there are so much scams going on in the internet and
it is difficult to trust but i don’t know why my spirit still approved
me to email you about this out of few people i have from the internet,
you’re the only one that my mind approved for me to contact.


Waiting for your reply,
Yours In Christ,
Mrs. Kimberley Ryan.

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