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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: ". Norman P" <illiammas14@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dillionn113@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:12:50 -0700
Subject: Re:Hi

I know that this will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know each other before. For the purpose of introduction, My name is [ Sadka Norman Peter} I was a business partner to Former CEO of Australian Gas and Petroleum (AUP) , After careful consideration, I decided to contact you as my colleague and I need good standing foreign partner we can use to transfer the sum of 16.5 Million (Sixteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand USD). This fund was accrued legitimately to us as commission from foreign contracts and mergers with the AU.

The fund is currently in an undisclosed offshore account waiting transferred to anyone we name as our foreign partner. We are trying to avoid questions that might arise regarding source and ownership of the money if we leave it in the undisclosed offshore account for too long. By virtue of my political position and that of my colleagues, we cannot receive this money in our name hence I am contacting you.

We need you to be one of our registered foreign directors who will receive the fund as that is what is stated during the contract, All legal document is in place, We agreed for a sharing ration of 25% for you. I do intend investing in a lucrative business venture to avoid government and media scrutiny. I would require your assistance on investing, Due to my political positions and affiliations, we would require complete confidentiality at all times no matter the situation. Do get back to me with your full details, such as your country, age, occupation and direct telephone number, I shall give you a call for a brief discussion before we proceed further.

Do contact me directly through the below emails:

Email: normansapeter@execs.com
Email: dillionn113@gmail.com
Email: drikeo@yahoo.com

Mr.S.N Peter


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