419 scam: "Mrs. Jessica Edwards" <jennianddrew@yahoo.com> INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FUND RELEASE BONUS

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- donaldwilliam1988@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Jessica Edwards" <jennianddrew@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Jessica Edwards" <donaldwilliam1988@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 13:46:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FUND RELEASE BONUS

Good News: Fellow Beneficiary,

I am Mrs. Jessica Edwards, I am a US citizen, 45 years Old. I reside here in San Francisco, California, My residential Address is as follows, 2800 Sloat Blvd San Francisco, CA 94116, USA, I am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those scam victim that took part in the Compensation award in West Africa Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I have paid over $35,000 while in United States Of America just to get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to contact Barrister Donald Williams, who is a member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through email is fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $4,500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), Moreover Barrister Donald Williams showed me the full information's and list of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your Name and E-mail Address as one of the beneficiaries, this is the reason why I decided to E-mail you to stop dealing with those Bad people, they are not with your fund they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister Donald Williams now. You have to contact him directly through his private Email address which is below.

Name : Barrister Donald Williams
Email: donaldwilliam1988@gmail.com
Telephone: +2349064259607

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in any means with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will continue to steal from you until you have nothing to show off.

The only money I paid after I met Barrister Donald Williams was just $350 USD which is for the paper works only, take note of that Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Barrister. Donald Williams so that he will help you to Transfer your Fund into your bank account, instead of dealing with those liars all they do is to ask for more and more money to complete your transaction which are all lies and trick use by Fraudsters.

Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Jessica Edwards
Address: 2800 Sloat Blvd San Francisco, CA 94116, USA

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam