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: Angela Smith <elatifa09@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: angsmith16016@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:13:03 GMT
Subject: Re:

Re: Good day my friend

Good day my friend
I am happy to know you, but God knows you better and he knows why he has directed me to you at this point, so do not be afraid.  I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart,but please, give me this little chance to explain myself to you no matter how strange it may appear to you. I would have like to meet you face to face before departing from this mother earth but due to illness continue to deprive the chance but even if I die on the process of this operation I will still praise ALMIGHTY.

My name is Mrs Angela Smith, i am a dying woman and i decided to donate what I have  for charity work/assistance to less privileged people in the society. I am 68 years old and I was diagnosed of cancer for about 2years ago,  I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of ($16.5Million Dollars) and I needed very honest and God fearing people who can withdraw this money then use the funds for Charity works. I found your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper and i decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me. So I want to donate $4 Million of this funds to any Charity Organization or Individual in your country, for Gods charity homes and I have choose you after going through your profile. I have decided to share this money to the less privileged in some countries of which your country is among,since I do not have a child to inherit the money. The service to mankind should be more important than religion,tribe, ethnicity or language. We are all creatures of one almighty,no matter the area of the earth you find yourself.

My late husband relatives all are non believers,though my late husbands did enough to those around him when he was alive. I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our today world. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100% risk free with full legal proof. I would have liked to do it myself but right now am bedridden and do not have stamina anymore.

 Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor and the motherless babies home. I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund orphanages and widows; I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. To be very honest with you, this my money is totally genuine because my late husband was Geology & mining engineer before his death. I am absolutely assuring you that no trouble is involved in this fund because this my late husband money. I want you to take 40 percent of the total money for your personal use while 60% of the money will go to charity.I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. Please kindly respond for further details in my private email address:

Thanks and God bless you,
Mrs. Angela Smith.

Anti-fraud resources: