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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: lela_ding@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 03:59:10 -0600
Subject: Please help me


Hello my dear,

I am Mrs. Lela Ding, the wife of late (Mr. Isaiah Abraham Ding), a
politician and a businessman who was killed by Rebels in my country, Sudan
in December 2012. I got your email address with the help of a search engine
from the Internet. After I lost my husband by the enemies because of the
political crises in my country Sudan, then followed with the successful
funeral of my beloved husband, my last born (Idris) was kidnapped by the
same evil people, and he has not been found till now. So I found out that
my life was in danger in that country, and then I have to run away from the
country to a neighboring country with my little daughter, Kate. The reason
why I write you now is for you to stand as the trustee to my late husband
funds in the bank, so that the transfer can be done in your name, I will
give you all the information that may be required by the bank.

This is because after my explanations to the bank, which is the “Royal Bank
of Scotland”, London, they advised me to seek for a good foreign partner
who will help me transfer the money and it will appear in your account due
to my current condition. Meanwhile, the money deposited by my late husband
with the Royal Bank of Scotland is ($8,300,000.00 USD) eight million three
hundred thousand united state dollars. So if I get a positive response from
you, then I will give you the contact information of the Bank to get in
touch with them and to transfer the money into your bank account on my
behalf. In the meantime, I promise and guarantee you 40% of the total money
for your assistance, while the remaining 60% of the money will belong to me
and my daughter. Please I am hoping for a positive reply from you as soon
as possible. Attached here are my family photographs and the man on the
photo was my late husband.



Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Lela Ding.

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