419 scam: Dan Adebiyi <danprof2014@gmail.com> Attention: Sir/ Ma

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- pspecialfraudunitfcidnig@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dan Adebiyi <danprof2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pspecialfraudunitfcidnig@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 01:28:51 -0800
Subject: Attention: Sir/ Ma

Attention:

In a matter of few minutes, confirm to us the authenticity or
otherwise of the claim that the owner of the above email Address is
dead of Cardiac attack necessitating the transfer of his Fifteen
Million,Seven hundred and fifty thousand U.S Dollars ($15,750,000.00)
payment this morning as a "Gift Inheritance" to Thompson Hollace of
United States as backed up with a duly executed Deed of assignment in
his favor. But if the death claim is false, quickly send a rebuttal to
us via ( pspecialfraudunitfcidnig@gmail.com ) with a reconfirmation of
your details as follows: (1)Name, (2) Address, and (3) Telephone
numbers. As soon as you have sent that to us by email, then give me a
brief call to confirm receipt of the mail or otherwise.

Yours Faithfully,
Prof. Dan Adebiyi
For: Garba Umar.
Special Fraud Units (SFU),
13, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Direct Phone: +234 817 793 165

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam