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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: Samuel Attah Mills <skattahmills1@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:40:46 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

My greetings to you,

I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics, which I feel may not be of great disturbance to your personal life, but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal and I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health

I will like to invest in your country if you can help me in securing this project. I am Samuel Attah Mills, from Ghana, the only son of Professor John Evans Attah Mills, former President Republic of Ghana. He passed away to the Lord on Tuesday 24th July 2012 at the 37 Military hospitals in Accra on Tuesday afternoon.

I pray to God that this message reaches you in wonderful spirit as I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the situation I found myself

Before his unfortunate death my father made it clearly to me that he lodged the sum of US$25,500,000.00 in a Guaranty Trust Bank in Accra-Ghana and also deposited in a Security Firm, a trunk box containing 65 kg of Gold Bars which is our family treasures for safe keeping. I seek your consent to present you as the Trustee to my late father’s inheritance, so that the proceeds of this trunk box can be released to you on my behalf.

He instructed that I should claim it to look after myself. I intend to invest this money abroad, hence my contacting you to advise me how best I can invest this money in your country. For your assistance I will offer 20% of the money to you. I have all the vital documents covering the deposit, of which I can send on request.

Although I am seeking your advice, I want also to partner with you in order to achieve my ultimate goal. Also I am seeking your assistance financially to enable us secure this fund and effectively get it transferred into your nominated bank account, if you don't mind. If you agree with me, don't hesitate to reply back as soon as possible.

Thank you very much for the anticipated acceptance while I expect your prompt response.

Best Regards,

Samuel Attah Mills

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