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: "MR.David Morgan." <cdhl42782@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dm586960@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:26:03 -0800
Subject: GOOD DAY

--
EQUITY BANK OF KENYA
Address: 12 Uhuru Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya

We hereby notify you officially of the current agreement to pay your
inheritance fund / expired winning prize that you could not complete.
We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM Master Card). This
agreement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank, the United
Nations and the Paris Club and International Payment Center due to
fraudulent activities in the world.

The World Bank, the United Nations, International Payment Center and
the Paris Club introduced this payment agreement to allow beneficiary
to receive their fund without any interference.

The Master ATM card was hired and operated by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.
The Master ATM card is credited with the sum of US $8.5 million, it is
already loaded on the Visa card that you can use to access your fund
at any ATM / location worldwide and remember that the maximum daily
withdrawal limit It is Ten Thousand United States Dollars (US
$10,000.00) We have concluded the delivery agreement with the
following courier services companies and their delivery time is
indicated below.

1) DHL = 16 hours / $ 810.00

2) FedEx Express = 24 hours / $680.00

3) UPS = 2-3 day / $ 475.00

On this note you are required to provide the following information
below for easy delivery of your package,

Full Name:
Address:
Direct phone Number:
Occupation:

Once your payment is confirmed, the package will be delivered to your
destination. Please kindly indicate your response to this text and let
me know which courier company you want us to use to send your ATM VISA
card.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. David morgan

via.my email address dm586960@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: