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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: christ sophia <mrssophiachrist@outlook.jp>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:58:07 +0000
Subject: Hi


Hi Greetings beloved friend,

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I am giving
you my trust and wish you will give me back the trust i have given to
you. I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before
I will die.

I am Mrs. Sophia Chris, I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a
long-time cancer of the blood .From all indication my condition is
really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that
I may not live beyond the next two months, this is because the cancer
stage
has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless baby's
home, and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a
child . My husband and I are true Christians, but quite unfortunately,
he died in a car accident so i could not hear the cry of a child in my
house

Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my belongings
and deposited all the sum of $5.2million dollars with a security
company , as it was packaged and registered as a personal Valuable.

Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management
just wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to receive
the Deposit after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not
come over as a result of my illness, Presently, I'm with my laptop in
a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment. I have lost
ability to walk about or do anything by myself and my doctors have
told me that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any business
of your choice and the gain made every year or 6 months as the case
may be, distributed each year among the charity organization, the poor
and the motherless baby's home where I come from. I want your good
humanitarian, to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and
widows around, I must let you know that this was a very
hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue
because I have no further option. I hope you will help see my last
wishes come true.

As soon as I receive your reply, I shall give you the contact of the
security company. I will also issue you a letter of authority, which
will prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure
me that you will act accordingly as I stated you.

Hope to hear from you soonest with this My email
sophiachrist1023@outlook.com


Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Sophia

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