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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: Daniel Morrison <ddmba2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 07:59:39 +0000
Subject: Re: Your Urgent Attention Needed.


Dear Sir/ Madam,
Good day and how are you. I am Mr John Diololo currently working with Phala Phala a farm owned by the South African president Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa who is facing an allegation of money laundering based on the millions of US dollars found in his farm. Some Namibian nationals that were working here made away with over US$4,000,000.00 in cash.
The money in question is in total US$64,000,000.00 and those guys made away with $4M which they saw while the remaining US$60M was hidden elsewhere inside the same Phala Phala farm. I quickly moved the US$60M to a private security company where I deposited it as a family belongs and unknown to the company that it is CASH but Jewelleries, gold and diamond worth US$60M.
I’m hereby looking for a reliable person that I can entrust this money into his care for investment, it is in this regard that I choose to contact you as a reliable individual.
Please note that this matter has to be treated with utmost confidence and TOP SECRET, if you cannot keep this to yourself and follow my instructions please do not reply. All the related documents will be given to you once I confirm your interest. I will compensate you with 20% of the total sum which $12m and also invest part of the money with you.
See this link: https://www.enca.com/news/ramaphosa-farm-theft-watch-robbery-may-be-linked-ct-gang-report

Best Regards,
Mr John Diololo
Email: dlolojohn@gmail.com


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