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: PLEASE I NEED YOUR SINCERE MESSAGES PLEASE <johndaivda@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patrickparrilonmanager@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:23:06 -0700
Subject: Please I need your sincere assistant after reading this message.

--
Dear Friend,

I know this message might come to you as a surprise letter because we
neither know each other nor have ever met each other before it is my wish
to solicit your assistance in claiming the sum of $15,600,000.00 belonging
to our late customer, who was a drilling contractor with some Oil Companies.

Your assistance will be of great benefit to both of us since I cannot
achieve this without your support, therefore your cooperation will be
appreciated to claim this fund from the bank as the rightful next of kin
after which you will be eligible for 40% of the fund, while 60% will be
mine.

Please if you are interested in more information You get back to me

Your's Sincerely,

Dr. Patrick Parrilon

Anti-fraud resources: