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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: "Mr. Kenneth Quinn." <drquinnken6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drkennyqge.office@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:38:31 -0700
Subject:

Hello Dear

My names is Mr. Kenneth Quinn, presently am working with Capital One Bank
here in United Kingdom.
I have a proposal to discuss with you about a certain bonded account in our
Bank account that contains Twenty Five million United State Dollars. It
will be beneficial to all parties concerned in transferring the money in
your favor and investing of the money in your country as the owner of the
account is late and he did not write any WILL to the account,Since he did
not have a will and every effort to contact his relative proved abortive I
will be glad if you use this opportunity to stand as his next of kin so
that we will pull out the money and transfer it to your designated bank
account.

I am contacting you on this because you share the same Family name with the
Bonded Account.
Please get back to me asap with your full details

Mr. Kenneth Quinn

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