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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: "Mans Hoglund." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.hoglund001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:46:04 -0800
Subject: Good Day to you....

Good Day,

Am Mans Hoglund the account officer to Robert Mugagbe the Zimbabwean leader who resigned from government recently after the citizens revoked against him and even the military voluntarily making him to resign after years of ruling.I was the personal account officer and one of the financial advisers to Robert Gabriel Mugabe he was born 21 February 1924) is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician. He ruled Zimbabwe as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as President from 1987 to 2017. He chaired the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) group from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, although after the 1990s self-identified only as a socialist.



I am contacting you to assist me in removing the sum from several banks around the world been deposited and even security companies.
During his trying period, he instructed me to move all his investment in my care, which consists of US$88 M and 367 KG of gold out of the Gulf States for safe keeping; and that I successfully did by moving US$ 52 M to London, United Kingdom, US$ 36 M to Malaysia and the 367 KG of gold to Brussels Belgium as an anonymous deposit, so that the funds will in no way be traced to him. He has instructed me to find an investor who would stand as the anonymous depositor of the fund and gold for claim and for further investment. Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a foreigner to stand in as the anonymous depositor of this fund and gold that I have successfully moved to Europe and provide an account overseas where this said fund will be transferred into.

The funds was deposited with all documentations in my care and custody It is a careful network and my voluntary retirement from my banking profession so we could find where to move this funds. Is to ensure a hitch-free operation as all paperwork has been put in place for you to stand as beneficiary and owner of the deposits has been perfected by me. Please Note that Mr.Robert Mugagbe will be offering you 30% only of the total investment if you can be the investor and claim this deposit in the U.K and Belgium as the anonymous depositor. Now my questions are:-


1). Can you honestly do this transaction with us?
2). Can I give you my trust? Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can give you more details regarding this transaction.


Finally, it is my humble request that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves. I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.Reply me via m.hoglund001@gmail.com


Regards.
Mans Hoglund.

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