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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: Aminu Masari <aminusari@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:57:07 +0000
Subject: RE TRUST


Hi dear,
My name is Nurse Jane Cool, a Medical Nurse working with the kings Oak Private Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 85D here in London

I hope this message meets you in good health, I know, this letter will come to you as a surprise but I implore you to take your time and read it carefully as i am writing this message on behalf Elisabeth Anderson on sick bed.

My name is Mrs. Elisabeth Anderson, 68-years old American Widow and a very religious Christian.

She has been battling with Cancer, which is at a very critical stage right now and also been informed by the medical experts that she has few weeks to live, this has been the most painful and difficult period of her life.

She has some money which she inherited from my late husband, the sum of £7.8 Million British Pounds that is invested into Estate In Dubai. She needs you to use this Estate to establish a charity foundation in her name. She doesn’t want to donate this money to established Charity Organizations because most of them have been proven to enrich themselves instead of doing the actual Charity Work for which they get donations for.

So, she want to entrust this estate to you, so you can use it for Charity works under the supervision of my lawyer. Due to the British Law on Transfer of Inheritance and Change of Fund Ownership, she is not permitted by law to appoint a British lawyer as the new beneficiary. That's why she needs your help on this matter and praying to God, asking God to show her the right person.

She wants to assure you that this is not a stolen money, it is clean money free from any type of illegality, and there is no risk or danger involved in this process. There will be proper legitimate transfer of ownership which will be handled by her lawyer.

You will take 25 percent of this money for your personal use then use 75 percent for the charity foundation.

Your quick response will be greatly appreciated, so I can give you more detailed information.

Sincerely,
Miss Jane Cool




















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