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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: Richard Adom <richardadom700@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:09:27 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Friend,

With due respect, I am Mr. Richard Adom. My main purpose of sending you this message is that I want you and I to go into a business. I am a Banker with a financial institution here in Ghana. I am the account officer in charge of our deceased customer fund, who died in a car accident along TEMA MOTOR WAY Accra Ghana. I need your assistance in transferring the deceased customer fund Valued $18.500.000.00 Million US Dollars out of the bank since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased customer to our bank so that the proceeds of this account valued at $18.500.000.00 can be share to you and I 50/50. Due to the banking law and regulation of 1985, sub section18d page 103 chapter 11 of constitution governing all banking policy in Ghana, and in accordance to the banking decree 003 sub section 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains unclaimed after the existing period of years will be confiscated by the national treasury department as unclaimed fund .

This has brought much agitation among the boards of directors on how to declare this account non serviceable, based on the fact that my client had no next of kin. Upon receipt of the above, When i hear from you I shall communicate with you in details of the transfer. Whatever your actions and your decision, I thank you for taking the time to read my email. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement. If you are interested to do this business deal with me, kindly contact me via my private email:

( adomrich997@gmail.com )


Best Regards

Mr. Richard Adom


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