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: detpartmemt office <detpartmemtoffice33@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rajid.sukar1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 03:42:54 +0100
Subject: Good day to you,

Good day to you,

The intelligent unit of the government of India through the worldwide
International Foreign Transfer Secret Monitoring Agency domiciled here in

India has just discovered that so many attempts have been made in the past
from mostly African countries, such as; Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo,

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast etc to transfer a huge amount of money in total
of $8.5M to you via a very wrong and dubious transfer platform in attempt

to scam and defraud you.

It was also subsequently observed that you actually lost a considerable
amount of money to these imporstors, mostly fraudsters, scammers and

impersonators.

However, the good news is that every fraudulent transfer of fund by any
means on your name were hacked by the professional Inidan Government

employed internet hackers. The funds in question are now under the custody
of Indian Government and an instructions has just been passed to my

office today to legitimately, legally and successfully transfer the total
fund in question to you via any means of your choice.

You have to respond with your below requested details if you are the
rightful intended recipient of this message otherwise kindly discard this

message;

1. Your full name
2. Your current resident address, city, state and country
3. Postal Code
4. Your current occupation
5. Your date of birth
6. Your phone/whatsapp number

Send your above details to the bank officer in charge of your transaction
on the below contact details;

Name: Rajid Sukar
E-mail: rajid.sukar1@gmail.com

Thank you.
Jackson Marques.

Anti-fraud resources: