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: "Prince Ofoala Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pofoala@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:49:04 +0100
Subject: Re: TREAT AS CONFIDENTIAL..

Greetings to you Dear.

I am honored to connect with you here. I am from HRH ABDULLAH OMAR REYAD Family of ZIMBABWE. I have a confidential investment proposal to share with you. My father HON ABDULLAH OMAR REYAD. died last year December 2018 and in his important file. I saw your email address as his partner to manage his investment fund and gold bars deposited in Nairobi Kenya.

I am Prince Ofoala Omar Reyad and I am currently here in Nairobi Kenya. and I have applied for the release of my family fund and gold bars in Nairobi Kenya. The deposited firms required your full details for emmidiate reconfirmation.

Kindly send your full details here.

(WHAT'S APP) +254733530081, +96890890356.
(EMAIL ADDRESS) pofoala@gmail.com.
abdullahreyadomar@gmail.com

FULL NAME
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION
COPY OF VALID ID OR PASSPORT
CONTACT NUMBER

I prayed for your listen Ear. I want to relocate the investment family Assets to your country sequel to my late father instructions.

I Wait to hear from you soon

Thanks and regards
Prince Ofoala Omar
(WHAT'S APP) +254733530081, +96890890356.
(EMAIL ADDRESS) pofoala@gmail.com.
abdullahreyadomar@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: