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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: Barrister Anusuya Kumaran <lsinfo@letserve.com>
Reply-To: anusuya_kumaran@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:12:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings,

Dear ,
How are you today,
I hope you are doing very fine there.Please do not be surprise to
receive this later from me, since there was no previous correspondence
between us. My name is Barrister Anusuya Kumaran from Malaysia; I have
a client that died in 2004. My client left behind a large sum of money
to the tune of nine Million two Hundred thousand United State Dollars
(USD$9.2m). Being his attorney, his bank has issued me a notice to
contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable
and the fund diverted to the
bank treasury. So far, all the effort to get a hold of someone related
to this man has proved abortive. Hence I have contacted you because
you are bearing the same surname with my client. I am contacting you
to help me in distributing of the funds in your account or any account
you may provide. I am actually asking for your consent to present you
to the Bank as the Next of Kin/ beneficiary of my late client fund,
(But you do not need to be here present) since you have the same
surname with my client, so that the proceeds of this account can be
paid to you. Then we can share the fund on a mutually
agreed-upon percentage of 50% to me, 50% to your kind self. All the
legal documents to back up your claims shall be provided upon request.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this
opportunity. If this business proposition offends you, do accept my
sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with
me, kindly get back to me. Reply to my private email;
(barrister_kumaran@yahoo.com) This is my Whatsapp numbber +60 11-1226 6137

Kindest Regards.
Barrister Anusuya Kumaran

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