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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: Mrs Bohdana Aleksander <mrsbohdana20aleksander@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:28:53 -0800
Subject: Hello Dear

Dear friend,

I write you this letter from the heart full of sincerity and tension.
Am Mrs. Bohdana Aleksander, the wife of Mr.Danilo Aleksander,
Ukraine sunflower oil and wheat, maize farmer my husband was murdered
by the Russian Army troop because of the war between Russian and
Ukraine it was so very terrible. He was a sunflower oil and wheat and
maize farmer who have invested much in agriculture political
opponents.

I acknowledge very well that my Husband deposited the sum of 6.5
Million Euros. with a security and financial company in France with
the intention of using it for the purchase of new farm machineries and
chemical for Agricultural, well I got your contact through chamber of
commerce, as you may know, living in Ukraine is currently very risky
and for this reason I am contacting you with great confidence in the
hope of entrusting you with the care and custody of the fund for
investment purposes in your country.

Please, I would like to know how convenient it might be for you to
assist me claim the fund as a good business partner to my late
husband. The fund in question is 6.5 Million Euros, I want you to
understand that this is purely family fund not money laundering
affair.

I solicit for your honest assistance as I want this fund to be
transferred to your account in oversea with your partnership, I will
want to invest this fund in your country. We can invest the fund as a
family investment together with you in your Country. I look forward to
your reasonable response and in return I will provide you with more
details.

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Bohdana Aleksander

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