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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: "Daniel Hill (Mr.)" <mirach1978@gmail.com>
Reply-To: DanielHillapp@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 08:45:06 -0400
Subject: Re: Hello


--
Greetings,

Sir, I'm Daniel Hill a Financial Consultant to a Nigerian Family. I am
seeking your partnership for an investment in your country, I am a personal
aid/representative of Mrs. Deziani Allison-Madueke, an ex – Oil Minister in
the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have a very sensitive and confidential
brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your partnership in re-profiling
fund worth US$45.5M. This is a legitimate transaction; you will be paid 10%
for your "management fees".

SOURCE OF FUNDS: Lifted while she was Petroleum minister in Nigeria and
OPEC president. During her principal’s reign as Petroleum Minister in
Nigeria and OPEC President, she handled a lot of Crude Oil deals. Now she
has been arrested by the British police for embezzlement and is being
prosecuted at the British Crown Court for charges of embezzling over
‘Thirteen Billion Pound Sterling (£13,000,000,000.00)”.

You can confirm this issue from the following web pages and others.

https://guardian.ng/tag/diezani-allison-madueke/

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum
and all deposit documents will be made available in your favor which will
enable the Security Company to hand over the entire deposit to you as the
beneficiary. My client intends to use this sum to relocate abroad for a
possible investment project after regaining his freedom as she is currently
restricted from leaving the United Kingdom. Presently my client is in a
very desperate need for assistance and also seeking for a conducive
environment for investment, my client instructs me and wishes to Invest His
financial Estate in Your Country. He needs a Partner who must be an
investor or have knowledge in any of the following areas; Business
Management, Real Estate, sales management or financial Brokerage in the
area of business you know that can be of benefit for both parties.

If you are interested, please write back and provide me with your
confidential telephone number and email address and I will provide further
details and instructions. Please keep this confidential; As this
Transaction will demand Absolute Secrecy from You due to the position of my
client as a top Government official. we can't afford more political
problems. Finally, please note that this must be concluded within two weeks.

I need your urgent response for further deliberation.
My Direct Email is : DanielHillapp@gmail.com

Sincerely Yours,
Daniel Hill
Reply to: DanielHillapp@gmail.com

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