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: Alex Edward <litiboard.bceao001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:30:06 -0800
Subject: I have left a certified Bank draft for you.

--
Hello my good friend.

How are you doing hope all is well with you? You may not understand why
this mail came to you,But if you do not remember me,you might have receive
an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business
proposal which we never concluded. I am using this opportunity to inform
you that the multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the
assistance of another partner from U.K who financed the transaction to a
logical conclusion.

I thank you for your great efforts to our unfinished transfer of fund into
your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. I want to
inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund to my new
partner's account in China that was capable of assisting me in this great
venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you
showed during the course of the transaction. I want to compensate you and
show my gratitude to you with the sum of USD 500,000.00. I have left a
certified Bank draft for you worth of USD 500,000.00 cash able at any Bank
in the world, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only.

Kindly contact my Account Officer with heritage bank through his direct
email address (patdens80@qualityservice.com) for the collection of your
bank draft, his name is Patrick Dennis, I authorized him to release the
Bank Draft to you whenever you contact him regarding for it. At the moment,
I'm very busy with my partner because of the investment project which I and
my new partner are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this
token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart,Also comply
with Mr. Patrick Dennis's directive so that your draft package can reach
you without delay.

Note his contact details below:

Name: Mr. Patrick Dennis
Email: patdens80@qualityservice.com

Happy New Year to You!

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Alex Edward.

Anti-fraud resources: