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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: william david <wd2960080@gmail.com>
Reply-To: david.william65@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:33:10 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND CAN I TRUST YOU FOR MY INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY

Dear Friend,
I am David William a banker with a wife and four children. I have a
customer in my branch where I head as a manager and this man that bank
with us here bears the same name with you, he died because of the
corona virus he is a gold dealer.

Before this man died the fund he deposited with us has no next of kin
and it was placed in our escrow account because he wanted to use the
fund to buy his gold and when he was in the hospital he told the
doctor to contact me and when I arrived in the hospital he told me to
use the fund for humanitarian purpose, such as orphans and others. I’m
contacting you now to claim this fund as his next of kin. I searched
personally and got your email address.

If you refuse to claim this fund meaning after some time my head
office will call for the fund and we lost it forever. I have studied
everything and I have also done my home work properly there is no risk
at all involve, I am a family man I cannot do anything stupid. Please
let us work as one family. We will give you 30% of this fund while 30%
goes to me and 40% will be invested in your country based on the area
of investment we agreed upon. Once you agree to work with me and I
give you all the details and you follow up with my head office
directives this transaction will take only three working days the fund
will hit your bank account of your choice. The amount is $7,330,000.00
only.

Get back to me so that we can proceed with my personal informations
and conclude. Please be aware of hackers I`m not changing any email
box always reply here in this mail box.
Best Regards,
David William

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