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: "Christine Weir"<aegon@mweg3avk.hu>
Reply-To: <jacobwitherspoon36@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:08:37 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: 2022 charity project COVID to improve the

life's of 5 lucky individua
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:27:26 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000

My name is Christine Weir and i live in Scotland,
My husband and I scooped 161 million on the EuroMillions lottery in July 2011 - the largest jackpot won in Europe and have

voluntarily ,
decided to donate the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
to 5 individuals as part of our own 2022 charity project COVID to improve the

life's of 5 lucky individuals all over the continents.
Our Weir Charitable Trust aims to support Scottish groups,

individuals or other charities providing services

in the country.
We are delighted that the Weir Charitable Trust is now open since we won the Euro Millions lottery,
it has been a privilege to be in a position to provide support to you ,

you can verify our winnings by visiting the web page below
:
http://metro.co.uk/2011/07/15/euromillions-winners-colin-and-chris-weir-we-didnt-sleep-all-night-78569/




This is a dream of touching the lives of 5 lucky individuals, and i want this to be confidential not to attract the public.

I have deposited the FUNDS in an

Offshore Account which is ready to be released to you once you contact my lawyer
Mr. Jacob witherspoon

with the following information below:

(ATTORNEY CONTACT)
Name: Jacob witherspoon

Email: jacobwitherspoon36@gmail.com




Contact him now and send him your Details.
(1) Your full names,
(2) Your contact Address,
(3) Your mobile phone numbers,


Weir
Weir Charitable Trust
27
Maritime Street
Leith,
Edinburgh, EH6 6SE

Anti-fraud resources: