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: R & D Laboratories Ltd UK <info@chia-hui.com.tw>
Reply-To: nathanbailey@rblaboratorise.com
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:20:50 -0800
Subject: Business Proposal from R & D Laboratories Ltd UK.

Greetings ,

I'm Morris Nathan Bailey, a Research Assistant with the R & D
Laboratory Ltd, one of the leading Bio Pharmaceutical Companies here in
England. looking for a reliable businessman / individual in your region
to represent my company in sourcing some of our basic raw material used
in the manufacturing of high quality Anti-Viral Vaccines ,Cancer
treatment and other life saving Pharmaceutical Products.

This may not be your area of specialization but it will be another
income generating business out of your specialty. This is because Our
company is yet to locate any seller to buy from, however, I have been
able to discover a local dealer who can supply us with this product. He
is selling at a cheap rate, which is far cheaper than our previous
purchases.

My director is not yet aware that I have found a new seller. Now THIS
IS MY PROPOSAL TO YOU; I want you to stand in as a new local dealer from
your country and I will introduce you to our company. The reason for
this is because I don't want my company to have direct contact with the
local agent that sells this herbal oil extract very cheap.

This will enable us to work together as partners and make real cool
profits. You as the local seller will supply our company at a good rate
which I will inform you later when we are in agreement and this will
attract the attention of our company director to buy from you as against
the previous rate. You will be amazed with our total profit.

I will give you more specific profit details when I receive feedback
from you if you are interested,
I'm looking forward to your urgent response.

Regards,
Nathan. M. Bailey.
------------------------------ -----
R & D Laboratories Ltd UK.
18 Ballyeaston Rd,
Ballyclare BT39 9BW,
United Kingdom

Anti-fraud resources: