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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: "Stanley Howard" <cros777@hasom.com>
Reply-To: stanleyhowardi86@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 22:30:08 -0700
Subject: Hi, I am Stanley Howard

I am Stanley Howard a legal/Financial consultant based in Arizona, United states of America. I want to disclose and discuss this promising transaction that I would like to execute with you.
I had a client who was a Mexican American, an oil merchant both in the USA and Mexico. In 2019 he was diagnosed with various ailments after the tragic incidents he experienced towards the end of 2017. However, he was admitted to an acute care facility with esophageal cancer in November 2019. Unfortunately, he got infected in the hospital with Covid-19 and died in February because his body was too weak to fight the virus.

My late client confided in me as I was his family financial consultant. In 2016 we both visited a financial institution in Istanbul Turkey where he saved $120M U.S dollars project fund. My client has no traceable next of kin and did not update his WILL before his demise, for this reason, I would want to use your information to update the deposit file and make you the successor because my client died without updating his WILL, therefore, none of his extended family is aware of this particular deposit.
There is nothing to worry about; I shall provide you the deposit documents and other appropriate legal backup documents.

We shall discuss investing the fund, probably in your area of business or something lucrative either home or abroad. But you must keep this correspondence to yourself because of my position and the nature of the transaction. Kindly indicate your interest in assisting me in this venture.

Kindly reply as soon as possible and send me your contact information.

1.Your full name
2.Your full contact addresses
3. Your occupation
4. Telephone number
5. Nationality


Best regards,

Stanley Howard

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