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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: "Michael Matthias" <miki.dance@alice.it>
Reply-To: <bar.michaelmatt@kakao.com>??
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 02:21:20 -0700
Subject: Info

Dear F r i e n d ,

Pardon my invading your privacy, I am currently looking for a partnership in y o u r country because I intennd, i n v e s t i n g in y o u r country as long as you are able to cooperate and do this busiiness with me. You do not know me but I gott your information in seaarch of busiiness partner in y o u r country. I am Bar. Bar. Michael Matthias (E s q) an a t t o r n e y to MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER who was a foreigner, a deceased Immigrant and Property magnate Also referred to as m y cliient . On the 25th of July 2000, my cliient , his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.


news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Before the death of Mr. Andrea Schranner, I assisted him to i n v e s t some f u n d s with a reputable bank in United States; now the f u n d s are matured and were deposited into his Local account in United States. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank particularly, the bank has issued me a notice to provide any of his next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.

My late cliient has an account valued at $21.5 million d o l l a r s . Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some time now, and with the bank giving me deadline, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $21.5 million d o l l a r s can be p a i d to youu, and then you and I can share the m o n e y. The mode of shearing will be discussed on your interest in assisting in the transaction. I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any C l a i m we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me, as his a t t o r n e y; this is a Risk f r e e business relationship. Please get in touch w i t h me .

For us to conclude this transaction I will want you to send me the f ol l o w i n g informatiion stated below:

1. Y o u r full n a m e:

2. Telephone and fax numbers, including your mobile phone number if possible.

3. Company name, position, and address.


We will discuss this transaction further after your response to this message.

Kind regards,



Bar. Michael Matthias

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