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: "Samuel. I" <info@kqmc.com.qa>
Reply-To: samidiculla95@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 14:06:24 -0700
Subject: I await your kind response


Good day,

I'M Samuel Idiculla, a Senior Manager in the Private Banking department with First Gulf Bank ( FGB ) headquarters Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirate. As an international Investment Expert, I am currently seeking a trusted individual or Company that would assist me in the mutual relocation of Millions of Investments portfolio outside the United Arab Emirates.
If you think I can trust you to provide me with necessary co-operation, please write me immediately to enable me brief you with further details of what we are about to do.
I await your kind response.

Respond to my private email: samidiculla95@gmail.com

Regards
Samuel Idiculla














OIJHGLKJHGFXCVBNMNBVCXZASDFOIUYTREWERTYUIJHGCCVBNMNFDSXCVBNJHFDXCVBNHGFSXCVBNMKUYT

Anti-fraud resources: