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: "williams james darr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmrjamesdarr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 05:52:24 -0500
Subject: project funding

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am From a Turkish Based Investment Group. We are expanding our
global presence by investing in viable projects across the globe.We
are willing to Loan you from $10,000,000 to $300 million and more in
a viable project(s)

We grant our funding at a 3% ROI per annul for 10 years and 12 months
moratorium. If you have a viable project that needs funding, kindly
revert back with your business plan for our review and possible
funding.

NOTE: Kindly reply to this

Sincerely Yours,

Mr.James Darr
Client Executive
Project funding

Anti-fraud resources: