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: "DR JAMES LARS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drjames22@naij.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 11:11:33 -0400
Subject: MY DEAR FRIEND 121

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am in control of US$25,000,000.00 deposited in my bank(African
Development Bank Nigeria) by the Libya, Gaddafi Family,
the fund is being held under a Non-investment account without the
Gaddafi Family's name as the late MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI wanted the funds
kept undisclosed until he decides what to do with it.

As the Gaddafi’s Account Officer, I plan to program the account with
your name as the original depositor and then process outward remittance
of the funds to you.
You will get 30% of the total funds for your role plus investment of my
portion under a documented working agreement. Please get back to me with
your response alongside your physical contact address and we will move
quickly to consummate the deal.

Please reply directly to my private email (
drjameslars7@gmail.com) I will issued the approval of this
payment making you the depositor of the fund also official letter to
CENTRAL BANK for them to issued the transfer code for the transfer of
the fund to your account
finally please this transaction should keep top most secret and if your
not interested on this delete it from your box also you can call me on
this line +2348057772644 at anytime for more information

With regards,
DR JAMES LARS
Telex Director
African Development Bank

Anti-fraud resources: