joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Alhaji Mohammed Bello" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alhajimohammedbello94@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 11:14:39 -0400
Subject: Cash Delivery


>From the desk of Alhaji Mohammed Bello
Dear Funds Beneficiary.

Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the Shipment of your inheritance/Winning Funds, I wish to inform you that all the necessary modalities has been

automatically concluded and the funds has left Nigeria today to your country via Express Cargo Flight.

Note carefully, the content of the crate is "MONEY" but I did not disclose it to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that the crate contain Vital

"DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client (That’s you).

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 220kg But I manage to pay 120kg, On No account should you disclose the content of the Crate with the Diplomatic Courier

Services for fear of Betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the Content is money.

In the meantime, contact the Diplomatic Courier Services Mr. Paul Learmand on there direct email address (airseadiplomatic20@yeah.net) to know the actual situation with

the consignment and also give them your mailing address where the consignment will be Delivered, your phone number for easy contact and then get back to me as soon as

possible So that I can give you the shipment document, attached is the scan picture of the money before it was dispatched for your perusal.

Congrats and remain blessed.

Best Regards,

Alhaji Mohammed Bello

Anti-fraud resources: