joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Robin Gaul" <mr.robingaul@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:20:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ADMINISTRATOR/NEXT OF KIN

Dear Friend,

It is about my late client who bear the same surname with you.
he died leaving the sum of $18,000,000,00 USD (Eighteen Million
Dollars and The bank contacted as his attorney threatened to
confiscate his huge funds if no one applies for the claim.please let
us work together and move this fund your care for our mutual benefits

Please reconfirm the following below for further details.

Full name:
Address:
Country origin:
Direct phone

Note: that the fund will be transferred to you as the next of kin to
the deceased. we shall share it in a mutual agreement of 50% for me
40% for you and 10% for any expenses that we may have uncured during
claiming of this fund. In receipt of your positive response, I will
update you with the entire legal requirement for this claim.


I wait your reply.on my email address: mr.robingaul@yahoo.co.uk

Regards,
Mr.Robin Gaul

Anti-fraud resources: