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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: Marina Daniels <marinadanielsbagni@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 06:19:59 +0000
Subject: Hello and how are you today,


Hello and how are you today,
My dear, I pray that God will touch your heart to help and assist me carry
out this transaction accordingly. First let me start by introducing myself
proper to you. My names are Mrs. Marina Daniels, a widow and I’m suffering
from brain tumor disease and this illness has gotten to a very bad stage,
without any family members and no child. I hoped that you will not expose
or betray this trust and confident that I am about to entrust on you for
the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privileges ones. I have some
funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of ($ 9,650,000.00, Nine
Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) deposited with the Bank.
Having known my present health condition, I decided to entrust this fund to
you believing that you will utilize it the way i am going to instruct
herein.

It will be my pleasure to compensate you as my Investment Manager/Partner
with 35 % percent of the total money for your effort in handling the
transaction, 5 % percent for any expenses that may occur during the
international transfer process while 60% of the money will be Invested into
the charity project there in your country.
All I need and required from you is your sincerity and ability to carry out
the transaction and fulfill my final wish in implementing the charitable
project as it requires absolute trust and devotion without any failure and
I will be glad to see that the bank has finally release and transfer the
fund into your bank account in your country even before I die here in the
hospital, because my present health condition is very critical at the
moment everything need to be process rapidly as soon as possible. Meanwhile
I am zealously waiting to hear from you urgently, if only you are
interested for further details of the transaction and execution of this
humanitarian project for the glory and honor of God the merciful
compassionate.

Remains Yours Sincerely Sister,
Mrs. Marina Daniels.

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