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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: "reem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Reem_Hashimy@minister.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:59:57 -0000
Subject: Thanks as i wait your response..

My name is Reem E. Hashimi, the Emirates Minister of State and Managing Director of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) World Expo 2020 Committee.
 
I am writing you to be my partner to receive my funds which I received as gratification from foreign companies I helped during the bidding exercise towards the Dubai World Expo 2020 Committee.
 
This is because as a married Arab lady serving as a minister in United Arab Emirates, there is a limit to my personal income and investment engagement in my name. For this reason, I cannot receive such a huge sum back to my country, so an agreement was reached with the foreign companies to lodge the fund as gratifications in an open beneficiary account with a financial institution outside my country where it will be possible for me to instruct further transfer of the fund to a third party account for investment purpose which is the reason i contacted you to receive the fund as my partner for investment in your country. The amount is $43,745,533.00 United States dollars.
 
If you have the managerial skill to handle the fund in a good investment, get back to me with your information to enable me instruct the financial institution to process the fund to your country.
 
Sincerely,
Reem.

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