joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "WAYNE HARRIS PROJECT" <rivett@absamail.co.za>
Reply-To: waynecharity@wanczyksfoundation.com
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:18:24 +0300
Subject: Dear Email Owner I have Private Donation For You

Greetings To You,
my name is Mr Wayne Harris, born and raised in the area of Homer, Cortland County, New York USA I spent the next 23 years working as an electrical engineer before i joined The Society of Saint John the Evangelist, an Episcopal monastery in Cambridge Mass But eventually i came home to New york to take care of my parents in their old age and i currently have a small business in the area of Homer, Recently i have moved to United Kingdom for a course am undergoing, after i won my Power ball Jackpot of $105 Million in October 26th 2017 My jackpot was a gift from God to me and my entire family has agreed to do the will of God.

After winning my Power ball Jackpot of $105 Million in October 26 2017, I promised God that I will do the right thing to his glory by investing 50% of my money to charity in helping humanity start from the first month of 2018.I have picked 8 lucky people from registered email addresses provided to me by Microsoft list/Google list/Facebook users.

I may not know you, but I believe if you were chosen by God to receive my donation of US$2,000,000.00 USD.You must be a God fearing individual, I am a Christian and i believe that Good things happens to those people who wait and also believe in faith and in truth.

Although we are knowing each other for the first time but I believe our father in heaven has directed me to you as I prayed and searched over the Internet for assistance because I saw your profile on a list of registered email addresses provided to me by Microsoft list/Google list/Facebook users from which I picked you and 8 others specifically from
Facebook this year 2018.

I want to use this medium to congratulate you for being one of the selected winners to receive the amount US$2,000,000.00 you have been chosen among the 8 lucky winners in this Mid year grant. Be assured you stand no risk as this is my money for source and verification Please you can read more about me by Viewing this:

http://www.megamillions.com/winners-gallery/electrical-engineer-takes-jackpot-win-in-stride

I decided to make my donation to both the charity and Individuals as God has lead me to and i told some Ministers about this which they said was a welcome idea and told me that my donation will help life's and put smile on the face of the needy. I decided to select my self by going to Facebook to make a research. My donation of US$2,000,000.00 US Dollars may not be much to you but i believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living like my Power ball Jackpot did to me.

Meanwhile, my office have tried to reach you by mail on several occasion but with no success due to that, when ever an e-mail is been sent to you, it return back to our system as undelivered so if you have by any chance received this message,endeavor to get back immediately so that you can be given the proceedings on how you can receive your grant.

However for the purpose of proper verification among other relevant information, it is imperative that you supply us with the following requirements and return back to me and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you.
Do this on time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives.

1. Your Full Name. …………………. 2. Your Complete Address. ……. 3. Age………………………..
4. Direct Telephone Number……………. 5. Mobile Number…………………………………… 6. Present Occupation…………
7. E-mail :…………………………………………………………….

I do hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your state.
May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you.
contact me through this email address waynecharity@wanczyksfoundation.com

Sincerely Yours,
Wayne Harris

Anti-fraud resources: