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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: "stevie@telia.com" <stevie@telia.com>
Reply-To: ayaanwilliamsibk@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 01:52:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE RESPOND


Dearest Friend, I decided to write you this proposal in good faith, My name is Mrs. AYAAN WILLIAMS, Branch manager at IBK, I got your email during my search on the internet, I am 40 Years old of Age, widowed with two Lovely Kids, It may interest you to hear that I am a woman of peace, I have been in search of someone with this NAME as yours when I saw your name I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other believing that you will not betray me , My late client a citizen of your country and a REAL ESTATE INVESTOR made a fixed deposit with my bank in January 2019 for 46 calendar months, valued at (US$8,700,000)Eight Million - Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. The due date for this deposit contract was the 2nd of MAY 2021. He met his untimely death in the Ethiopia Airline which crashed on the 10th of March 2019 flying from ADDIS ABABA to NAIROBI KENYA leaving every passenger on board dead. My bank management is yet to know about his death, he did not mention any Next of KIN/HEIR when the account was opened. He was not married and has no children. Last week my Bank Management requested that He should give instructions on what to do about His Funds if to renew the contract Agreement, I know this will happen and that why i have been looking for a means to handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors knows he is dead and he did not have any next of KIN/HEIR to the Account, they will take and pocket all the money for their personal use, and i don't want this to happen, this is why I'm seeking your co-operation to present you as the next of KIN/HEIR to the Account since you are a foreigner and you have the same Surname/Last Name as my dead client then my bank headquarters will release the funds to you. There is no risk involved in this deal because everything will be executed under a legitimate legal arrangement that will protect us from any breach of Law. It is better that we claim the money than allowing the Bank Directors to take it, they are Rich already. I am not a greedy person, so i am suggesting we share the funds in the Ratio 50/50%, Let me know your mind on this and please treat this information highly confidential, I will need you to give me this information below, so I can start processing the paperwork and documentation as quickly as possible and present to the bank stating you as the next of Kin to the deceased customer's account if everything goes according to plan the entire procedure wouldn't take more than A week (7 working days). The information I require to start the process is as follows:
YOUR FULL NAMES:
OCCUPATION:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBERS:
NATIONALITY:
You can contact me in my private email address below by clicking reply. Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
Mrs. AYAAN WILLIAMS, E-mail: ayaanwilliamsibk@gmail.com

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