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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: <brayan@danialrowe.ml>
Reply-To: <dv.metus@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:09:11 -0600
Subject: Please get back to me again

Greetings, My name is David Metus Moreno an art dealer here in Madrid, Spain,
I contacted you some time ago and I got no response from you I mentioned about my late client who deposited the sum of US$13.580 million dollars in one of the bank here in my country Spain and the bank has asked me to provide a next of kin to the deceased for claimant of the said fund. I wish to present you as the next of kin to the bank as you bear the same surname. Kindly get back to me on this email, dv.metus@gmail.com as soon as possible for more details on how to proceed further. I assure you that I, with the help of my Attorney, have laid down paperwork to legally back the claim.

Regards
David Metus

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