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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: Mrs Wuillil Khan <wuillilk1@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 16:45:29 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP




Greetings to you from
Mrs Wuillil Khan.

I am Mrs Wuillil Khan, and I was married to Mr James Khan, who worked with National Iranian South oil company (NISOC) for twenty three years before he died in the year 2006, Maybe you must have heard about him in the oil firm. We were married for thirty-seven years without a child. He died during one of the war in Iran. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region.

Before his death we were both devoted Christians. Since his death I decided not to re marry. When my late husband was alive, he deposited One Metallic Trunk Box that contains the sum of USD$25,000,000.00 (Twenty five Million U.S. Dollars) in a SECURITY FINANCE COMPANY Abroad. Presently, this money is still with the Security Finance company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over to receive the Money myself.

Presently, I’m in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only less than (3) three months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested wisely and at the end of every year, funds are distributed among charity organizations.

I want a reliable and honest person that will use this money to reach to the motherless and also less privileges, the sick that has nobody to take care of them, the poor, widows and to set up a Cancer research institute.

NOTE: If you can travel to the Security Company Abroad to claim the $25,000,000.00, let me know. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company Abroad. I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated therein.

Please do all things possible to make my wish come through
Email Me On.... drsmth10@outlook.com<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/ejtwpow592lm/?&cs=wh&v=b&to=drsmth10@outlook.com>

Regards,
Mrs Wuillil Khan.

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