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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: Kuben Naidoo <du.kbbb04@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 02:58:04 -0700
Subject: REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Attention.
I write in respect of the fund with reference number: WDRC/L-F/UK/0407/19
brought to the Reserve bank from the World Debt Remittance Committee,
London, United Kingdom in your name.
From the information contained in the file that accompanied the fund, The
fund was supposed to be paid to you by the World Debt Remittance Committee,
UK before now, all their efforts to contact you proved abortive.The fund is
equivalent to (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLIONS RANDS ) Are you aware of
the fund or not?
I await your urgent response to commence your fund transfer/release process.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely.
Mr. Kuben Naidoo.
Deputy Governor, South African Reserve bank.
deputygov_kuben@safrica.com

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