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: "Dr. Frau Dadat Juanita" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juanitamrsdadat@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 03:39:55 -0700
Subject: Investment collaboration

 
Dear Sir,
 
I'm Dr Mrs Dadat Juanita an Australian citizen. Sir please forgive me for contacting you through this medium without knowing you personally.
 
I actually contacted you to solicit for your direct collaboration with me to invest my own money in your company/country. I will provide the funding for this investment while you implement and also manage it as my partner.
 
Please kindly get back to me if your interested with your details for more explanations.
 
Best regards
 
Dr Mrs Dadat Juanita
==================================================================================
 
 
Lieber Herr,
 
Ich bin Dr. Dadat Juanita, ein australischer Staatsbürger. Sir bitte verzeihen Sie mir, um Sie durch dieses Medium zu kontaktieren, ohne Sie persönlich zu kennen.
 
Ich habe dich wirklich kontaktiert, um für deine direkte Zusammenarbeit mit mir zu bitten, mein eigenes Geld in deinem Unternehmen / Land zu investieren. Ich werde die Finanzierung für diese Investition zur Verfügung stellen, während Sie implementieren und es auch als meinen Partner verwalten.
 
Bitte komm zurück zu mir, wenn Ihr Interesse an euren Details für mehr Erklärungen hat.
 
Freundliche Grüße
 
Dr. Frau Dadat Juanita

Anti-fraud resources: