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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: "ITN Partners" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claims@itnpartner.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 16:40:47 -0700
Subject: Winning Congratulations Notice !!!

Greetings!!!
I hope you are in good health? I am Ms. Esin Aabhas, from Afghanistan. Please permit me to explain and do not feel disturbed for contacting you which is based on the critical condition I find myself in due to the Taliban civil unrest in Afghanistan and as well as the daily life threatening attacks by Taliban militants who are going door to door for-manhunt against people who were working against them. I have already lost my family, my husband, son and daughter to the cold hands of death during an attack targeted at our home on 18th August 2021 to end our family, but luckily for me, I was not around during the crossfire, hence I was at the hospital when they attacked our home killing my beloved husband, son and daughter.
My late husband was a contractor in the oil city of Afghanistan and before his untimely death, he moved a reasonable amount of money to a bank in the United States of America (USA) and the money was meant for investment purposes. As you may or may not know, movement out of Afghanistan presently is highly restricted until we don't know and for this reason, I am contacting you in great confidence with the hope of trusting the fund in your care and custody for investment purposes in your country.
Please, I would like to know how convenient it might be for you to assist me claim the fund as a business partner to my late husband. The fund in question is Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.00) only of which I have with me documented proof of the fund deposit issued by the bank in the United States of America (USA).
I tried several times to leave Afghanistan but I cannot continue to risk my life to avoid an end to my family lineage and since my husband, son and daughter are dead, I have no other alternative but to trust somebody.
I look forward to your response and in return I will provide you with more details.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Esin Aabhas

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