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: "Col. Abu Lagriamidett" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abu.colamidet@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:01:05 -0700
Subject: HONEST PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT NEEDED.

Urgent Attention Needed,
 
My name is Abu Lagriamidett from Libya, I got your e-mail address from the list investment dictionary book worldwide; Can you I trust you? I need an honest and trust worthy business partner for investment worth (15,000,000.00 Million Dollars), in your country.
 
The transaction will be 100% safe and successful to your destination, I just need your honest and trust and I assure you a good deal, 40% share of the investment money goes to you and 60% for me.
 
Reply back to me via this e-mail (abu.colamidet@gmail.com) if only you are interested and serious.
 
Your urgent reply is highly needed now.
 
REGARDS
Col. Abu Lagriamidett

Anti-fraud resources: