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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: "Sanna Jamal Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamalomarm@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:33:54 -0700
Subject: Good afternoon, there is something that I want you to do for me, very urgent

Good afternoon ,

Please forgive me for invading into your privacy without your consent. I have been following the event of happening out there in your country, and I want to thank your country, and some other good countries that have accepted to help the people of Syrian during this hard time. My name is Sanna Jamal Omar, the only surviving daughter of late Mustafa Omar, my father, mother and siblings died when the Bashar al-Assad Government backed troops invaded our province last year that led to my escape here in Turkey. I need your help to retrieve my late father funds in Europe. Before the death of my father, he was an International businessman, his business activities were conducted in European countries and Asian countries respectively.

Prior to the demise of my father in the hands of the monster called Bashar al-Assad Government backed troops that invaded our region, my father told me that he had a foreign business account with one of the leading bank in Europe, where he deposited sum of 2,730,000 Euros for his offshore business transactions, my father further told me he used my name as the next of kin for his business account, indicating that I am rightful beneficiary to his funds in case of uncertainty. The bank has given me a clean bill to come forward to claim my late father's funds, along with someone who is above 30 years as indicated in the clause written by my late father, but due to my present condition I cannot make this claim myself, this is where I need you to stand on my behalf before the bank to claim the funds. I do not have International passport or Visa to travel to Europe to claim my father's funds. I do not have experience in international transactions, so there is nothing I can do without your h
elp, and I wouldn't have

If you agree to be my guidance in this matter, I am going to release my late Father's online banking internet access so that you can view the availability of the fund before contacting the bank. Please if you are interested, do contact me through this email jamalomarm@gmail.com.

Thanks for your anticipating help.

Sanna Jamal Omar.

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