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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: RYAN HARRISON <harrisonryan180@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:00:57 +0400
Subject: ATTENTION

My Confidence Beneficiary,

I am Mr Harrison Ryan, The Branch Manager of a Financial Institution. I
am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of .(Us $ 7 Million
Dollars ) This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the
manager made as profit last year (i.e. 2020 financial year). I have already
submitted an annual report for that year on 24th December to my head office
as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess
of the fund, I have since placed this amount of US $ 7 Million Dollars, on
Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid trace

.As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your foreign bank account on my behalf. I agree that 40% of this money
will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a
foreign account, and 50% would be for me, while 10% will take care of
expenses incurred from the amount on the transaction process, there is
practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank
transfer OR E-online transfer. and all necessary backup official
Documents shall be provide,All I need from you is to stand as a foreign
depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account,
And I am willing to go into partnership investment with you owing to your
wealth of experience,so please if you are interested to assist on this
venture,

i would like your timely response with,

Your Full Name,
Your Occupation,
Your Mobile Number
Your Home Address,
Your Country,

Kind Regards
Harrison Ryan.

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