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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: Miss Nma Vevelin <nmavevelin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 18:13:14 +0100
Subject: YOUR CONCERN WILL BE APPRECIATED:

Sir/Ma,


I am so delighted to write you this letter/proposal for our lasting
relationship.Mean while,I know that we have not met or had any
communication before but,I have no choice than to contact you due to the
urgency of the matter on ground.

My name is Miss Nma Vevelin Branch manager marketing department Ecobank
here in cape verde my country,i am a single mother of two children,my
primary responsibility in the bank is to shop for wealthy customers to bank
with us and that makes me their customer's account officer that oversees
inflow and outflows of their fund with our bank.one of the customers/my
client a canadian national(NAME WITHHELD)for security reasons,before his
death,his account balance was $6.5m only.

Being his account officer,the bank Board directed me to locate his relative
for the claim ownership of his funds.Because,the financial banking laws on
inheritance funds under section 6784 Article 45 of the banking rules states
that,failure to claim a deceased funds with a stipulated time frame,the
funds will be declared as a profit after tax to the bank.

I am using this opportunity to solicit your urgent assistant in presenting
you as my client's relative/business partner.Although,to the best of my
knowledge,my late clients had no relatives here,and ever since I knew
him,he had been living in a rented luxury apartment before his death. I
want you and I to work together and get this fund claimed.I will be
grateful if you will assist me in this matter on ground to avoid losing the
fund to my bank.

We will have to discuss the sharing percentage of the funds when you reply
to me,and I will give you more details on how this will be achieved
successfully.

I will be waiting for your prompt reply.

Thanks,
Regards
Miss Nma Vevelin.

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