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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: Richard Boateng <samuel.donkor1973@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rb662604@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 02:01:04 -0800
Subject: Hello Dear friend.

Hello dear friend,

How are you.During a personal search, I came across your email and
decided to contact you because I believe you are honest. and a trust
worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. My name is
Mr. Richard Boateng I am the manager of the Barclays bank Leeds Branch
United Kingdom. I am a British citizen, married with two kids. I am
writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of funds valued
at $ 4,750,000.00 ( four million seven hundred and fifty thousand
United States Dollars). This fund is the excess of what my branch in
which I am the Manager made as profit during the last annual audition.
I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the
year to my head office in London and they will never know of this
excess.

As an official of the bank i can not be directly connected to this
fund, so this informed me of contacting you for us to work together
for mutual benefits.I want you to assist in receiving this fund into
your bank account for us. Meanwhile you will have 40% of the total
fund. Note there are practically no risks involved as it is going to
be bank to bank transfer. All i need from you is to stand as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch
so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank
account.

If you accept to work with me, i will appreciate it so much. As soon
as i receive your response via my email, i will give you details on
how we can achieve it successfully.

contact me now directly through my personal
E-mail address: rb662604@yahoo.com
Best Regards,
Mr. Richard Boateng

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