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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.Jessica Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jessicawilliams4444@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 19:40:42 -0500
Subject: Re: PLEASE BE KINDLY AND REPLY THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

Hello dear one
My names are Jessica Williams. I am the administrative manager of a financial institution and security vault here in Barcelona.
I get in touch based on a financial opportunity that I discovered here in my bank. This is an abandoned sum of $ 31. 7M US dollars (Thirty One million seven hundred thousand United States Dollars) in our vault deposit guard, which belongs to one of our foreign clients, a citizen of your country who share the same surname with You, who died together with all your family on March 11, 2006 in a horrible car accident in Porto Portugal.
The banking policy can only allow the release of those funds to a benefactor through an application such as the relatives of the deceased.
After his death, the bank has been waiting for a possible beneficiary, but no luck, this institution has exploited all its ethical possibilities in itself to get in touch with their possible relatives or heirs, but without any success, since no one has The claimant of the funds during the last 10 years.
I have done my own research with the help of a private investigator, it is my knowledge that this man has been living in Barcelona for the past 22 years and has never returned home. I also learned that his wife and 13-year-old daughter died along with him during the car accident. I am 100% sure that no one is aware of the existence of these funds.
However, due to international financial crises, a large amount of reform has been made within the Spanish financial system, including the new law on succession of claims indicating a duration in which such an inheritance could be tolerated.
The Bank of Spain has ordered our institution to release the funds to the heiress. Failure to respond to this ultimatum legally allow the Bank of Spain to confiscate the funds as unclaimed funds (which of course would go directly into the Government's pocket). Therefore, it is above all this discovery that I have decided to contact you.
I want you to know that I am a high ranking member of this office. As a privileged information, I am equipped with all classified classified information regarding the release of these funds. I would like to devote to ensuring that I feed you with all the possible documentation and information required for the approval and release of these funds.
By agreeing to cooperate, I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, 60% for me. Please note that I have discussed this problem only with my husband.
For difference of time and reasons of confidentiality, I strongly advise that you should return to me through my private email address at (jessicawilliams4444@hotmail.com) with your contact details immediately acknowledge receipt of this email, for I was going to be able to tell you about how this could be completed.
In conclusion, it is my concern to demand your last honesty, cooperation and confidentiality to allow to conclude this transaction.
I am absolutely sure that this process would be executed under a legitimate agreement that will legally be protected from any violation of the law.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Jessica Williams

EMAIL: jessicawilliams4444@hotmail.com

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