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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: "Thomson Benedict" <contato@albertgrafica.com.br>
Reply-To: infoatoceanic@gazeta.pl
Date: 21 May 2019 09:50:34 -0700
Subject: Please let us share this opportunity before us...

Dear friend,

My name is Thomson Benedict, a Lawyer and Solicitor with office
in Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, I am contacting you in respect to a
deceased client who died in an auto accident in March 2015, he
was a prominent client of mine before his death but he deposited
($25Million USD) in a Vault with a financial institution here in
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, the said money was for the execution of
a contract he secured from the government of Malaysia and there
is need for the claim of the deposit and documents of the said
deposit can only be presented by my late client's relative as
next of kin but unfortunately he has no written WILL at the time
of his death and all my efforts made to source any of his family
members has proven abortive. However, the Malaysia law on
succession/claims of assets indicates a duration of three years
in which such claims could be tolerated for claim by his next of
kin and as such I want to present you as my client's Next of Kin
to his asset totaling $25Million United States Dollars.

Hence, all necessary requirements concerning the release of these
funds be secure legally while it is my intention to introduce you
as the next of kın and beneficiary to my late clıent's deposit
payment. I'm also considering that this whole money when paid to
you will be share at 50/50 respectively.

So let me know if you accept this offer and upon your response
please send the following for documentation and processing of the
payment release to you.

Your full name:
Contact address:
Direct phone number:
Occupation:
Sex:
Marital Status

My regards,

Thomson Benedict.



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