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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: "Mrs,Clara Mohammed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohamedraja67@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:16:57 +0100
Subject: HELP ME PLEASE.

From;Mrs,Clara Mohammed
Chief Auditor,
head of computing department.
Date;19th November,2021.
 
 
Dear Sir,
 
My name is Mrs,Clara Mohammed, lam the auditor and head of computing department of a bank here in Nigeria.l wish to inform you a bank account that was opened in our bank since my inception into office in 2010,and according to our record, it was evident that nobody has ever operated on this account since then, l therefore took the courage to look for a reliable person who will be capable for this important transaction.
 
The owner of this money is Late Collins Fredrick of the United States of America,who died as a result of Motor accident.No other person knows about the money or anything concerning his account and the account has no next of kin and my investigation further proved to me that his family and his country does not know anything about this account.
 
l am therefore seeking for a reliable person that will play the human role as the next of kin to this fund which is in the amount of £35.500,000.00(Thirty Five Million Five hundred thousand British  pounds sterling). l have also discovered that if l do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited to the government Treasury account as an UNCLIMED fund.
 
l will use my position and influence to effect the Legal approval and onward transfer of this fund into any nominated bank account of your choice with approoriate clearance from foreign payment department.
You will henceforth stand to get 35% while 5% shall be set aside for any expenses that will be incured during the process,and 60% will be for me.
 
lf this OK by you,forward to me the below data information;
 
1) YOUR FULL NAME;
2)YOUR HOME ADDRESS;
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER;
4) YOUR OCCUPATION;
5) YOUR AGE;
6)YOUR SEX;
7)YOUR COUNTRY;
8)YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS;
9) YOUR I/D CARD ATTACHED;
 
10) YOUR BANKING DETAILS;
11)YOUR BANK ACCOUNT;
12)YOUR BANK NAME;
13)SWIFT CODE;
14)YOUR BANK ADDRESS;
15)YOUR BANK PHONE NUMBER;
 
l will fill you in with furter details upon your swift response.Please be informed that confidentiality of this transaction is of utmost importance please.
 
Yours Truly,
Mrs,Clara Mohammed.
Email;mohamedraja67@yahoo.com

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