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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: shar aich <sharaicha389@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:34:02 +0200
Subject: My dear greetings to you,

My dear greetings to you,

My name is Mrs.Aicha Shareef , from Benin Republic a widow. I lost my
husband for so long ,he is a former Consular of the Benin embassy in
Madrid,Spain I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the
pelvis. I am writing from my sick bed.There is this USD$17.2M
(Seventeen Million Two Hundred Thousand American Dollars) my husband
has in an account with the Africa Development Bank Benin Republic of
which I am the next of kin. With my health condition and because my
husband and I have no children.

I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of
next of kin. This person will apply to the bank and request for the
transfer of the fund to his/her bank account. This is on the condition
that you will take 25% of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses,
while you will use the remaining 70% for the less privilege people in
the society. this is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband
that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less
privileged. I cannot do this my self any more.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my late husband bank
accounts and donate the money which I have there to the less privilege
people in the society; they refused and kept the money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seems not to be contended
with what I have left for them. If this condition is acceptable to
you, you should contact me immediately with your full names and
contact information so that I will ask our family lawyer to prepare
the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the
account in the bank.

I will also give you a text of the application you are to send to the
bank.I cannot predict what will be my faith by the time the fund will
be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that
the fund is used as I have described above. please update me through
my private email id aichsharee@yahoo.com.sg

Best regards to you and your family,
Mrs.Aicha Shareef.

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