joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

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:

Fraud email example:

From: VERY URGENT <mccossmomc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gm195523@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 11:34:46 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME, I AM AN ORPHAN

Greeting to you my Dearest,

Please help me. Permit me to inform you of my
desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Miss. Bands
Prosper, Daughter of late Prosper Mkwaiwa. My father was a very
wealthy gold merchant in Ouagadougou; the economic capital of Burkina
Faso, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on
one of their outings on a business trip, because of the chaos in the
family for other family property.

My mother also suffered from depression, a total nervous breakdown and
bouts of alcoholism, due to the shock of my father’s death and since
my father took me so special. Before the death of my father in a
private hospital here in South Africa he secretly called me on his bed
side and told me that he has the sum of twelve Million United State
Dollars (USD. $12.000,000)deposited in one of the largest security
company in Ouagadougou, he used my name as his Daughter for the next
of Kin in depositing of the fund to the security company.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a
foreign partner in a country of my choice who will assist me for
investment purpose. And the money is in six 6 trunk boxes there in the
security company now.

I am deeply here seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To stand as my late father's foreign partner before the security
company for them to deliver the 6 six trunk boxes that contain the
found to you in your country.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund in the trunk box and invest
them into a good business investments that can benefit you and me
since I am only 24 years old girl, I do not have any idea of any
business investment!

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education/study and to secure a resident permit and my travelling
Visa to come over and stay in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% percent of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful delivering of
the trunk boxes from the security company While 80% percent will be
for me and my Education in your country.

Furthermore, please indicate your interest off helping me out for I
believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14)
days from the day you signify your interest to assist me.

Anticipating to hearing from you soon.

Thanks.
Best regards,

Miss. Bands Prosper.

Anti-fraud resources: