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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: Amina Hamza <oncologia.adm@heufpel.com.br>
Reply-To: Amina Hamza <hamzaamina1867@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:10:16 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: PROPOSAL


Greetings,My name is Amina Hamza age 19 years, daughter to late Usman Hamza a Gold
and Diamond merchant from Syria, currently residing in
a refugee camp here in Turkey. I am contacting you in respect of my late father's
deposit of 100 kilograms of Gold and the sum of $10 million
that he deposited with a security company in United States of America.
The deposit was made by my father before his death 2012 during the
war, according to the initial agreement made between my father and the
security company, claims of the deposit could only be made by my mother
and me as the next of kin but unfortunately my mother died along side
with my father and my kid brother, I manage to escape to Turkey but
considering my age then I could not do anything.
Though I have contacted the security company for the claims of the
deposit as the next of kin to my father but I am unable to do so because
since after the death of my father I have not been able to pay for the
demurrage and other charges and until that is done,I will not be able to
lay claims more so I stand losing everything if I do not act fast
because of the new laws brought by the new President of America as regard,
I need someone trustworthy to contact the Security Company as my
Trustee,who will help me claim the deposit .Be further informed that forty percent (40%) of the total value of the
deposit will be yours and another ten percent (10%) will be set aside
for whatever expenses made in the course of this transaction.
Please contact me through my personal email for detail(hamzaamina970@gmail.com)May the good Lord richly bless you.
Yours sincerelyAmina Hamza

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