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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: "Dr. Sarah Alade" <dr.sarahalade1221@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 18 12:56:49 GMT
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP


Dear Friend


I am Dr. Sarah Alade, former senior director on Economic policy and stability
on foreign contract payment matters, attached to the office of the governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

I write to inform you that an unpaid contract payment file worth $77.5M United States Dollars was recently discovered from the auditing exercise to close the fiscal
year 2017.

With my position while in the office as former senior director it was easy for me to move the fund to a secure bank account in Europe which will be disclose to you upon your interest.

This transaction is bank to bank wire transfer to any nominated bank account of your choice.

Kindly supply me with your details as listed below as to enable me prepared the documentation of the transaction for the release of the fund via Europe bank.


Your Formal Name
Your Bank Name & Address
Account Number,
Routing Number,
Swift Code
Your Private Telephone Numbers.

I will personally furnish you with steps assigned for this payment inline
with the European banking system.


Sincerely
Dr. Sarah Alade, OON
Former Deputy Governor Economic & Policy
Director of Remittance

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