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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: KATE BARON <ibrahimbbwabubakar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: katebaronchambers@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:45:10 +0200
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ATTENTION

Hello Friend,

I am Kate Baron of Kate Baron chambers London, the confidential attorney to
Robert Fitzpatrick, an American who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD here
in London, who shall be referred to as my client. Sadly, my client lost his
life on Boeing Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
on October 31st, 1999, and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except
for some important documents related to the deposit still with me.

All efforts by me to trace his Next of Kin proved unsuccessful because he
did not make any will before his death. Since then I have made several
inquiries to locate any of my late clients' extended relatives and this has
proved abortive. After several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member
of his family hence I contacted you.

I am contacting you to help in claiming the money left behind by my client
before they get confiscated or declared unclaimed by the security company
where this huge sum was deposited. Particularly, the finance company where
the deceased had the said fund valued at 11 Million dollars has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin.

Consequent upon this, my idea is that we can have a deal/agreement and I am
going to do this legally with your name as the bonafide beneficiary of the
amount in question as I have all legal documents to back our claim, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $11 Million US dollars can be paid to
your account abroad. Note that 40% of this money will be for you,
concerning the provision of a foreign account, and 50% for me, 10% will be
used for the reimbursement of any expenditure we may incur in the cause of
the transaction.

I affirm that this will be carried out under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law, all I need from you is your
utmost support and sincerity for us to excel in this deal. Please get back
to me if you are ready to assist me.

Best Regards,

Kate Baron.

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