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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: "Hamza Jalil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Hamzajalil.co@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:26:43 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent


Compliment of the day, I got your contact information from a business directory which gave me some form of assurance of your eligibility over this transaction. I contacted you to enquire about your true relationship with my late client, He happen to have same Nationality and shares the same last name with you, my findings shows some trace of relationship with my late client, my aim is to present you as the beneficiary of some funds amounting to ($81,500,000.00 United States Dollars) meant for the purchase of a residential building deposited with a finance house here in Abu Dhabi , The Bank has has given me Two months to respond or have the funds declared "unclaimed" and reverted to the UAE government, This happens often in this Country due to the large number of foreign investors that come to the UAE for investments. Let us discuss further on the details as i am certain on how we can go about this transaction as his personal attorney in Abu Dhabi. Having studied the status of the funds presently i would be

Kindly ignore, if you have received this message in error

Best Regards,
Hamza Jalil

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