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: "Mr. David Mathers." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidmathers.dmths@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:53:06 +0100
Subject: Investment purposes

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. David Mathers a bank officer with credit suisse Bank of
United Kingdom. I have a business proposal to discuss with you. The
business is all about transferring $30,000,000.00 to your favor for
investment purposes which is the reason I am contacting with you for
our own benefits. For more details, please do contact me on my private
email ( davidmathers.dmths@outlook.com )

Also kindly promise me that you will never betray me and my family
after assisting us to claim this fund from the Bank.

Thank you and may God bless you!

Regards,
Mr. David Mathers.

Anti-fraud resources: