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: "Mr. Yacouba Adama Gnamba" <mryacoubaadamag1966@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 14:00:57 -1200
Subject: IMPORTANT REPLY!

--
Good Day,

I know this email might come to you as a surprise as first coming from
one you haven’t met with before. I am Mr. Yacouba Adama Gnamba, the
bank manager with UBA GROUP BANK Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, and a
personal banker of Dr. Mohamed Farouk Ibrahim, an Egyptian who
happened to be a medical contractor attached to the overthrown Afghan
government by the Taliban government.
Dr.Mohamed Farouk Ibrahim deposits the sum of $30 Million US Dollars
and 120kg of Gold Bars with our bank. Dr.Mohamed Farouk Ibrahim had a
car accident with his family while trying to leave from Kandahar.
The said sum can be used for an investment if you are interested.
Details relating to the funds are in my position and will present you
as the Next-of-Kin or a business associate because there was none, and
I shall furnish you with more detail once your response.

Regards,
Mr. Yacouba Adama Gnamba

Anti-fraud resources: