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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: Kasali Markham <ogwalesilver@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:20:40 -0700
Subject: My greetings,


My greetings,

My name is Barrister Kasali Markham, I am contacting you in regards to a
matter of mutual interest. I am the personal attorney to a deceased foreign
client Hendrick Snodgrass,

My client who is deceased since 2020 April of COVID-19 Corona Virus and
since then I have tried my very best to locate his family members/relatives
so that they can claim his funds that are deposited with a security company
but all my efforts went abortive because he did not include any other
information or a next of kin during the deposit.

From the information I got from the security company, the British
government will soon confiscate all deposits by foreigners who died as a
result of COVID-19 Corona Virus without any Next of Kin attached to the
deposit documents and use such funds to boost the country’s economy and
also to fight the virus pandemic.

As his personal attorney, I can’t directly claim the funds, so I intended
to present you to the security company as the true Next of Kin to my late
client and back you up with all legal documents. Please be rest assured
that everything is 100% risk free, All I need from you is your sincerity,
trust and commitment while we expect a successful ending in this
transaction.

If you are interested, I will give you more details regarding the
modalities of this life changing lucrative transaction in your next
response.

For your information, We are talking about the sum of US$45M (FORTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR ONLY) I am proposing 30% of the principle
funds as your due share as a partner, 10% for all accrued expenses and 60%
for me.

Remember to keep all information regarding this proposition secret and
confidential until we achieve our targeted success.

Do please revert back to me urgently.

You can reply me on: kasalimarkham09@outlook.com,
kasalimarkham118@gmail.com

Regards,

Barrister Kasali Markham(ESQ).

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