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: Robert Bailey <ogbuchinaza7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Robertbailey627@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 01:05:53 -0700
Subject: Robert Bailey

--
Hello, Dear Beneficiary You receive this email from Robert Bailey, a
retired federal government employee and I'm the winner of the $343.8
million Powerball Lottery Jackpot as the LARGEST JACKPOT IN NEW YORK
LOTTERY HISTORY I am writing to let you know that Google, in alliance
with Microsoft, has submitted your "email" requesting that you receive
a universal debit card for €3,000,000. I want to donate some of my
lottery jackpot winnings in honor of my Charity Foundation (From
Robert Bailey Foundation). For proof check the website:
https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/meet-the-winner-of-the-biggest-lottery-jackpot-in-new-york-history.
so you are not skeptical about this donation of €3,000,000, Please
contact me via (bailey.robert10@yahoo.com) as soon as possible for
further directives...

Sincerely,
Robert Bailey
Powerball jackpot winner

Anti-fraud resources: