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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: johnson ade <adej49@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: adej364@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:33:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent Urgent

Complement of the season.

Greeting to you and your family.With due respect and humility, I write to you irrespective of the fact that you don't know me. I got your contact from a reliable source. I have decided to contact you and bestow this trust in you, which I pray you will not ignore and I apologies in advance for any inconveniences this may cause you, handle it discretely and contact me urgently if you can assist me in this transaction. My name is Ade Yomi Johnson; I am a Liberian citizen presently residing in Ghana. I was invited to Ghana by my family lawyer due to the fact that I am the next of Kin to my late father. My father died in detention because he was not in support of the government. My family lawyer informed me that My late father had deposited Twenty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand GBP (29,500,000,00 GBP) with Barclay Bank London which I am the next of kin / beneficiary.

Due to the predicaments i and my mother are facing, the bank advised me to get a foreign beneficiary who would assist me, this is why i am contacting you to stand as my foreign beneficiary. My late father also advised that I should invest the funds abroad because of the stability of their economy. I and my lawyer have been in close contact with the bank and they have now requested that i should provide the account details of my foreign beneficiary so that the funds can be transferred upon my request. My lawyer advised that i should not transfer the funds back into Africa because of the strict government rules on transfer of huge funds. I also want the funds to be invested in good businesses abroad.

You will be entitled to 40% of the total funds as long as you agree to be my foreign beneficiary/partner. My lawyer will prepare a memorandum of understanding for your perusal. It will be sent to you as soon as it’s ready. Please send me your bank account details to enable Barclays Bank transfer the sum of 9,500,000:00 (Nine Million Five hundred thousand pounds only) to your account and when you receive this first bit of the funds, I will instruct you on how to send funds across to us to enable me make arrangement for my mother to travel abroad for better treatment because she has breast cancer.
However When the first bit is completely transferred to your account and you act as instructed, I will instruct Barclays Bank to transfer the balance 20 Million pounds immediately to your account so we can invest together abroad ASAP.
Barclays Bank transfer takes three working days only.

I look forward to a positive response from you.

Best Regards,

Johnson Ade


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