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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: "ATTORNEY LESLIE DAVIDS" <advocatelesliedavidssolicitors@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lesliedavids@advocatelesliedavids.co
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 07:46:01 +0000
Subject: SUCCESSOR

Ahoj muj drahý príteli,

Vezmete prosím na vedomí tuto poštu vážnou, i když jste neocekávali. Doufám, že se ti darí.

Zajímalo by me, jsou mé dopisy chybne spadající do vašeho spamového adresáre?

Již jsem vám dvakrát poslal e-mail a toto je muj tretí e-mail, ale stále vám ješte žádná odpoved nedostala, je tato e-mailová adresa již nefunguje?

S vážným respektem se uprímne omlouvám za to, že jste zasahovali do vašeho soukromí, a to zejména proto, že vás touto cestou kontaktujete pro obchodní transakce tohoto rozsahu, ale vzhledem k její závažnosti a naléhavosti bylo proto nutné, abych hledal vaši pomoc. Láskave me kontaktujte prostrednictvím své soukromé e-mailové adresy, kde najdete další podrobnosti o prevodu 8 milionu amerických dolaru, které zanechal muj pozdejší klient, státní príslušnost vaší zeme.

Chci vás predstavit jako príští príbuzný mému pozdejšému klientovi, protože jste mého pozdeho klienta obdržel stejnou príjmení. Dám vám potrebné údaje o této transakci, jakmile slyším od vás.

S pozdravem,
Právník Leslie Davids
............................................

Hi my dear Friend,

Please consider this mail serious despite the fact that you did not expect it. I hope you are doing well.

I am wondering, are my letters mistakenly falling into your spam folder ?

I have sent you an email two times already and this is my third email to you but I still have not received any response from you, is this email address no longer functioning?

With all due respect, i sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you through this means for a business transaction of this magnitude, but due to its seriousness and urgency, therefore it became necessary for me to seek for your assistance. Kindly contact me through my private email address for more details on the transfer of 8 million United States dollars left by my late client, a nationality of your country.

I want to present you as the next of kin to my late client, because you bear the same last name to my late client, I will give you the necessary details of this transaction, as soon as I hear from you.

Sincerely,
Lawyer Leslie Davids

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