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: THE PRESIDENCY <email.presidencygovng@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:29:16 -0700
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER NOTIFICATION , PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME

*SUNTRUST BANKBaltimore Main Office120 E Baltimore St.Baltimore, MD 21202
United StatesTel: 410-986-1540Hello dear,I hope you are doing fine.I am
John Douglas,the Account Auditor/Remittance Officer of Suntrust Bank
Baltimore Main Office, Maryland .United States.In the course of auditing
some accounts in our bank, I found out that one of the accounts has been
dormant for the past five years with the sum of $15,000.000(Fifteen Million
United States Dollars) in the account.I have investigated and found out
that the account owner/depositor have passed away sine six years ago
leaving no one as the next-of-kin in the document used to open the
account.I also discovered that the deceased depositor was from Iran and he
died in his Country.I want to have these funds myself by transferring it
out of our bank.I wish to place your name as the beneficiary of
US$15,000,000(Fifteen Million United States Dollars) so that you will
receive the funds.I want us to do this deal together and have the funds and
share it 40% for you, 50% for me and 10% to reimburse ourselves in case of
any expenses we may incur in the process of this transaction. However, I
assure you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.The funds I am
referring to is right here in our bank floating in suspense account and I
want to transfer it out of our bank to any account you will provide for
me.I am in the position to put your name in the file as the beneficiary of
the funds since that the deceased beneficiary have no one from his family
or anywhere to claim the funds as his next-of-kin.I will need you to
provide the following information urgently to enable my attorney obtain
all the relevant legal documents for the fund remittance into your
account.1) Name:2) Address:3) Tel:4) Age:5) Sex:6) Occupation:7) Copy of
any of your identityYou should keep this transaction very confidential
until we finalize and share our proceeds.Our Communication will strictly be
through email. for the security of our transactionI await your prompt
response.Yours Faithfully,Mr. John DouglasAccount Auditor/Remittance
OfficerSuntrust Bank, Baltimore Main Office, Maryland United States*

Anti-fraud resources: