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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: Emmanuel Sani <emmasani1998@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 01:04:09 -0800
Subject: Request for a foreign financial manager / guardian

My name is Emmanuel Sani from Liberia and son of late Madam Amina Sani. My
father died 11 years ago and my mother was killed two years ago during the
outbreak of EBOLA VIRUS. She contacted the decease ignorantly when trying
to help others that was affected.

Until her death, she was the major supplier of bitumen to major
construction companies in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana. After the death
of my mother, I found in her underground bed room recently, documents about
the sum of Eight Million United States Dollars (US$8,000,000.00) deposited
with a security company in Accra, Ghana.

On my arrival in I went to the security company and they told me the
modalities terms and condition to claim the deposit. I Met all the
conditions thereafter, the deposit was released to me. I am now with the
safe box containing the money in a very hidden and safe hotel in Accra,
Ghana. I have decided to buy a car from the money since I cannot be moving
around Accra always with taxis that can be monitoring my movements.

This is why I wrote you this email to be my foreign trustee who will assist
to manage this fund in terms that we have to agree upon. I prefer to send
you some money through western union or moneygram in other to facilitate
your journey to meet me in Accra where we can plan ways to move the funds
and I to your country.

Alternatively, If you can not come, I will have to send you the money to
enable you work out my traveling documents from your end before final
transfer of the total sum across to you.

I wait to hear from you as quickly as possible.

Thanks,
Emmanuel Sani.

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