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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: WRenaud <renaudw465@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:28:26 +0000
Subject: WR

Hello Dear, Good day,


I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never
met before, I wish to inform you that it was not by mistake that I
contacted you in this transaction because I was left with no other
option than to contact you. I am sending you this private email to
make a passionate appeal to you for assistance. I think you're a
respected, considering the fact that I got your email address from
internet, database of people search on the Internet during my research
for a discrete foreign partner who can help me.



I am William Renaud, I work as a head account manager and audit
director in the bank. I am contacting you independently of my
investigation in my bank, I have an abandoned sum of US$7.5million
that belongs to one of our foreign customer. I want to present you to
our bank management as my client's relative and next of kin to enable
us claim his deposited investment fund of US$7.5million . He died on
11 March 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, leaving
his investment fund in our bank. Our bank management does not know
about his death. I want to present you to our bank management as
relative and next of kin so that the money will be transferred to your
bank account. I want you to take 50% of the money and I will take 50%
of the money.




There is no risk involved in this transaction, the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I
from any breach of law. It is better that we claim the money, than
allowing the government of my country to confiscate the money. My
client does not have any family member to claim his money all this 10
past years. I want us to claim the money for our own personal use.




Let me know your interest. Please I want you to keep this secret
between both of us only.


My best regards.


Yours sincerely,


William

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