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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: "Katherine .M Jeffreys" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 18:53:26 +0100
Subject: From Katherine .M Jeffreys

Dear sir.

I am delighted to write this mail to you which I know that it may come as a surprise to you, hence we did not know each other before.

However, my name is Catherine Jeffrey. I am an account officer with the Paragon Private Bank of New York.

We have a customer by name Mr Gordon Ramsay Jessy who died as a result of COVID -19 in the year 2020. And I happens to be his account manager. Unfortunately, Late Mr Gordon Ramsay is a divorcee without any child. Before his death, he left an instruction in his account that his money be transferred to his family members with an OPEN NEXT OF KIN in his WILL deposited in my bank.

All efforts we made to contact any of his family members for the past one year proves abortive. And my bank is considering to revert the fund to the banks Treasury as an UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT. However, the new United State law of succession/claims/fund indicates a duration in which such claims could be tolerated.

Now, I would want to present you to my bank as the family member of late Gordon Ramsay Jessy and his next of kin so that you can claim the fund instead of losing it to my bank. The amount involved is $150 Million USD. We will share the money 50% for you and 50% for me. If you are interested to transact the business with me.

Kindly reply for more details...Here is my private email {tutorialb835@gmail.com}

Thank you.
Yours Faithfully
Katherine .M Jeffreys

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