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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: Mrs Grace Onyema <graceonyeoma01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Grace Onyema <gonyeoma93@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:08:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello My dear

Hello My dear

Thanks for your message, how was your night, i hope good?. My name is Grace onyeoma i am 23 years old from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. I saw your profile and decided to email you with hope and believe that you will accept me.

My late father is a wealthy international businessman, he deal on Gold, Cocoa and Timber export, Am the only daughter of my parents, I lost my mother when i was 6 years, my father is all i have until he was poisoned by his brothers due to his wealth, after the burial of my late father, life became hell to me because his brothers (my Uncles) claimed all my father's wealth and belongings as the tradition demands, according to the traditional of the land, if a man died without a son, even if the man have ten daughters all his wealth and belongings will be shared among his brothers and relatives, i believe this is the main reason why my father deposited the sum of $4.5 million USD in a bank without the knowledge of his brothers and made me the next of kin to the fund, My uncles planned to kill me thinking that i am going to revenge, that is why i ran out from the family house so that i can secure my life and find a new foreign partner who can receive this
money on my behalf that's why i contact you.

At the moment the money is in a bank in London, United Kingdom which i'm the next of kin and I have no access to put or withdraw any money from it according to the agreement my late father made with the bank during the deposit which stated that i must be 30 years of age before i can have direct access to the fund, all I will require from you is to assist me stand as my foreign guardian and an associate of my late father as advised by my dad’s lawyer because according to him, it will make it earsier for the bank to release the money.
I shall give you more detail when I hear from you.

Have a nice day.

Love,

Ms Grace onyeoma

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