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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: Lyane Whane <infolyanewhane1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 07:35:26 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE.


*Dear Sir,*



* ASSISTANCE.*



*In grief and pains I am writing you this letter, this becomes an urgent
matter that needed urgent attention that is why I decided to seek for your
assistance because my late husband was working on how he can secure the
release of the money he got while he was called to be part of government
under his childhood friend Mr. Joseph Kabila before his demise in the early
hours of Wednesday 12th of August, 2020. We are Rwandans but were born and
raised in the former Zaire now Democratic Republic of Congo. We left Zaire
early this year for his treatment and to settle down here in Republic of
Benin immediately he was released from the Custody of Security Agent’s
there.*



*Some of his close associates, friends and family advised after his death
that his body should be returned back to DRC for burial and that myself,
our children should stay back here in Republic of Benin where we are now as
the burial was conducted in our absence there in DRC.*



*He was working with a Financial Consultant who some of the contractors
transferred the US$193,632,000 (One Hundred and Ninety Three Million, Six
Hundred and Thirty Two Thousand United States Dollars Only) due to my late
husband, which he could not achieve before his death. I decided to take up
this matter immediately to seek for your assistance from you because of
your experience as businessman and I believe you can handle this
transaction on our behalf so as not to give any room to my late husband’s
Agent a Financial Consultant to whom he handed over all the responsibility
to handle the deposit with the bank doing anything negative with the money
entrusted to him since all that is needed for the successful transfer of
the money is to get a business name or company’s name with which to process
the documentations and transfer of the money from the Offshore Bank.*



*My husband was rushed to the hospital when the crisis started, on his sick
bed advised that I should not go back to Democratic Republic of Congo
rather I should stay here with our children. Also as a matter of urgency I
should get a reliable person who can accept the release of the money to his
account and invest it for us. He repeatedly told me that I should not waste
any time at all on this as it’s the only legacy he left for the family,
which is why after his burial, I decided to take up this matter immediately
to know if you can be able to assist us.*



*I will appreciate it if you can please assist us immediately as I am not
supposed to waste any time on this matter.*



*Regards,*



*Lyane Whane HABARUREMA.*

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