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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: Eileen Klaassen <mrseileenklaassen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:56:26 +0200
Subject: Hello, Dearest Friend,

Hello, My Dear Friend,

I am Miss.Eileen Klaassen, A France origin, i am contacting you to
only assist me in beneficiary business that will freely be completed
without 3days, for I am an Auxiliary Banker from FRANCE that work in
Burkina Faso as one of our former colonized country, but due to the
recent military coups in the Country, our Ambassadors and some foreign
office workers has been recalled, and now because of growing threats,
i want to repatriates a certain amount of money which i will like to
use to go into new business in your country as i don’t want to send it
to my country, because of problems of growing jihadist attacks and
recent triple acted coups that is popularly supported, i wanted to
leave this country and i don’t want to send this amount to my country
for a better reasons which i will explain when we will meet on my
visit to your country.

Please can you help me and i will give you 20% from the total amount
which is sum of 9,600.000.00$ staying pending in the foreign bank i
worked here as a auditor attaché. but i am preparing to leave. so the
chance is soft and truly you can confirm the positive if you make a
step.
Please can you be an assistant as i planned to leave this counrtry
quickly. it is of no risk at all.
Please assist, me to repatriates this money by providing your bank
account as foreign partner to the customer whom deposited it and died
during covids and till now, no next of kind and the woman was a free
friend to me on visit to her and she has no children before her death
with husband die to age and infections.
I will give you proper information and full details concerning this
when i will get your response now.
Please reply urgently to this email.address (mrseileenklaassen@gmail.com)

Please Kindly respond for more details as I am now waiting.
Best Wishes.
MS.Eileen Klaassen

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