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: Sambo Dasuki <mrswaheedkarim0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sambodasuki.col@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:36:49 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,

I crave your indulgence to a joint establishment in viable investment
in the areas of real estate, telecommunication, hotel and restaurant
or profitable venture portfolio of your expertise. I need experienced
person who will develop and handle any of above projects on my behalf
on partnership terms, thus act as Chairman of the investments pending
when I will be free to leave my country. with no options left for me I
sincerely hope that you will be trustworthy enough to handle a project
on my behalf.

I am Ex-Col. Sambo Dasuki, Former National Security Adviser of Nigeria
under the regime of former president Good-luck Ebere Jonathan. I
urgently want to invest my hidden money before the incumbent president
Buhari confiscate it for his Government or personal use. I need your
maximum cooperation and trust to invest USD $65 Million in your
country or any other country you may recommend.This money is earned
from my long time service and proceeds from my 18 years of saving in
service. But just because i was opportune to be security chief of past
government i have been in detention for 3 years through the orders of
the current President Muhhamadu Buhari

They have frustrated me and others who served under former president
Goodluck Jonathan. I have been restricted to travel out of the country
until they extract all my hard earned monies. They have seized my
international passport and traveling documents, bank accounts and
assets frozen. This is the reason why I want to front you as my
partner/Representative to move the cash to different locations. Your
entitlements are 100% guaranteed.

kindly get back to me confidentially via this email:
sambodasuki.col@gmail.com for details If you are not interested,
don’t go further, do not expose me. Thank you.

Your sincerely,

Rtd-Col. Sambo Dasuki

Anti-fraud resources: