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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: "George William Rothschild <gwrothschild@sso.patterson.k12.ca.us>" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gwrothschild@aliyun.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:56:44 -0800
Subject: Re: Important Message About Your Outstanding Funds ..........

Good day to you my dear,

I am George William Rothschild, 62 years old male senior US citizen and I am resident at 2990 E Avenida De Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362, USA - my email address is [gwrothschild@aliyun.com] my telephone number is +1(805)472-3555 you can call or text me a
message and I will definitely respond back.

Permit me to share this piece of goodnews with you. I am one of the victims that fell into hands of African scam syndicate about 5 years ago and I had lost over US$150,000.00 through those sad past years
while I was trying to get my payments but all to no avail.

The syndicates always stopped my funds somewhere, with one callous and malicious reason or another.

I got tired of the silly stories and I decided to fly with my son to report this to FBI in Washington DC with all paperwork and documents I had concerning my funds, they (FBI) were disappointed with my naivety and immediately contacted the some african embassies to file it in. After an hours in the FBI debriefing room, I was released after the interrogation officer was through with me, and I was advised to return in a week.


I flew back to Washington DC a week later and met with FBI agent Kirby who gave me the contact of one Ms. Catherine Young who is a representative of the (FBI) and a member of the compensation reconciliation committee, currently in Nigeria for oversea arrest and repatriation of Nigerian syndicates who are on the FBI wanted list.
When I contacted Ms. Young, she explained everything to me, that I was a victim of a big scourge, and told me simply that the people contacting me from various departments and offices by phone and email are all fake and rippers. She advised that I should fly down to Nigeria to see files and everything for myself.

I made the long trip to Nigeria and she picked me up at the airport, we headed straight to the US embassy and she brought out my file, signed it off and took me to the paying bank for the release of my payment.

This was paid to me successfully. Right now I am the happiest man on earth because I had finally received my overdue and outstanding payment of US$1,500,000.00 in full.

Ms. Catherine Young showed me the a list of beneficiaries yet to receive their payments, this was how I came across your name and email address, I implore you to make haste and contact this FBI lady for your own payment.
The only fee I paid after I met with Ms. Young was only a mandatory $550 (Five Hundred & Fifty US Dollars) for the administrative and clearance fees.

If it means anything to you, then I advise that you contact Ms. Catherine Young at your earliest convenience and report your case, state your full names, telephone number and residence address - so she can verify if your name is on her list and I assure you it is, because I saw with my own eyes that your name and email are on that list.

You can reach Ms. Young through her email: [CY7725935@gmail.com] for the release of your own money including the money you lost to the scam artists. I implore you to take this very seriously.


Thank you & do have a blessed day.


Truly yours,

George W. Rothschild

2990 E Avenida De Los Arboles
Thousand Oaks
CA 91362
USA

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