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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 <rana.khaled@eccooutsourcing.com>
Reply-To: <moenngmarr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:41:06 -0700
Subject: Waiting to hear from you.

Attn. Friend,

My purpose of contacting you is to seek your assistance to get my only daughter saved and secure under your care, to be her guidance, and assured that she acquired good education in your country.
She is Just 15 years old, and she is ready to adhere to your instructions. She attended SOS infants, and Missionary Children's Academy in Cape Verde Islands.
However, let me briefly introduce myself to you, I am Eng. Mary Morrison, I am a single mother, I am from a wealthy home and the only child of my late parents.
My deceased father was an oil merchant before he died and he served my country (Cape Verde) with diligence and humanity for fifteen years, he held the position of the chairman of Cape Verde National Petroleum Cooperation and finally joined politics as contest as a presidential aspirant.
Four days after my father death, I was arrested by my opposition (Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca) and placed under house arrest without any offence alleged on me, just to jeopardize my political ambition and visions.
To God always be the glory, I was able to escape from the house arrest with my daughter and we are now in Nairobi-Kenya taking my medical treatment in one of the village.
To get the long stories short, I am contacting you to seek your support if possible to claim my sum of US$40,000,000.00 (Forty Million United States Dollars) reserved in a security institution located in London on my behalf which I will authorize once you have are prepared to assistance my only daughter to have a good education in your country and good future, Since you are worthy and can make a good guidance to my daughter as she is all I have on earth.
These fund is my life savings inheritance. This measures does not stop you investing in other businesses of your choice.
I am here on exile taking treatment and don’t know my faith. Please, upon your willingness, I shall send a recommendation letter to the Institution, recommending you as my business associate, and they shall get the fund release to you either via conventional logistics company or bank to bank transfer, depending on your choice.
For more clarification and faster movement of this fund contact me immediately via email. My safest means of communication is email always contact through this email: mmarmorrssonm@gmail.com
NOTE: This business must be strictly confidential, and based on mutual trust. I am prepared to hand all my belongings under your care.

Yours faithfully.
Eng Mary Morrison.

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