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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: Mr Mohammed Habibu <contact@claims.org>
Reply-To: mohatranferunit@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:12:15 -0500
Subject: Next Of Kin Claims


Good Day,

I am Mr. Mohammed Habibu; I work with a reputable financial
institution in Kenya as an Account Officer in the Treasury/Credit
Control Unit. We just confirmed that you are the Next Of Kin to this
Funds assets, Capital valued at £12,540,000.00 Million pounds (Twelve
Million, Five Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds Only) left behind by
my client. I conferred your email address to locate any member of his
families, relatives or friends hence I contacted you.

I was mandated to look for the next of kin to this inheritance of our
Customer who died some years back in Westgate shopping mall attack by
Al-Shabaab terror attack, on 23rd September 2013. and I decided to
track his last name over the Internet but we saw your emails address
in his emails contacts, so we have to contact you.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days, on
this assets left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the share holders of this Financial
Institution, so that they can share his funds as dividends amongst
themselves.

I assure you that this transaction is 100% free, and as soon as we
succeed in getting this funds to your account, The money will be
shared on a 50, 50 basis............... I guarantee you legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Kindly reply to enable us proceed as a claim to this Funds.

I wait your urgent response.

Best Regard
Mr. Mohammed Habibu.



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