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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: wkmjv@connect.com.fj
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:38:11 +1200
Subject: Regards


Hello, my good friend,

I previously sent this important message that will benefit us both immensely but to my dismay I have not received your answer. I'm not sure you got the message or you deleted it mistakenly, thus, I re-write to remind you again.

I had written to you with good faith to confide in you a lucrative opportunity involving the sum of USD$35,580,000.00 which belongs to my client who founds himself now in jail owing to the delicate political situation in his country.

During my last visit to my client there in the prisons, he desperately and confidentially pleaded me to seek for a reliable person who can evacuate and secure the USD$35,580,000.00 not be discovered or seized by the government of his country within this his difficult term.

Thus, I contacted you to know if you can be willing to make these agreements. Upon our agreement, a change of ownership will be establish to empower, stand and enable you to lay claim and evacuate the aforementioned money out from the offshore vault under your personal or your company's name to your any nominated bank account.

After a successful conclusion, you will keep for yourself 30% of the sum transferred for your assistance and co-operation with additional 5% mapped out to be used to reimburse all charges and cost incurred during the course of the transaction.

The remaining 65% of the sum will be invested with your personal or company's identity either in your country or any place of your choice to enable him have some business running while in jail or better still remain with you in your nominated bank account on trust for security reasons.

Please, let this communication be treated with seriousness, utmost confidential and maturity. Presently, the viyal documents of the funds are under my care to enable me to work credibly with you.

If however, there is anything that will disturb your mind, feel free to ask and I shall be glad to answer any question(s) as required but if you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter, in view of its confidentiality.

Regards
Herman A. Lance (Consultant)

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