joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: McDonald Lamar <mcdonaldlamar496@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 06:59:54 +0100
Subject: Branch Manager (UOB)


Dear dependable friend,


How are you faring today, I write to you on confidentiality because of a
dormant account in our bank belonging to one of our customers the late Mr
Wood Philip, 51 years who died on March 8th 2014 in the crashed Malaysian
plane MH370, Boeing 777 that crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. Mr
Wood Philip, USA from the state of Texas. Until his death, Mr Philip was an
employee of IBM Malaysia. The deceased didn’t leave behind proper next of
kin over his estate per the account he operated with us, the deceased had
two sons but their names are not mentioned in the account, he also had one
girlfriend, Sarah Bajc. I was privileged to handle and supersede as his
account officer while he was alive. Mr Wood's fortunes that I want to share
with you were acquired through illegal sources while he worked in Beijing
China before being posted to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It was because of the
source of his wealth that made him operate the now dormant account with my
bank secretly and confidentially. I assisted him to plan the transfer of
the money from China to Malaysia with my connection in that country.

The exact lodged sum in Mr Philips fixed deposit account is RM
40,394,389.97 MYR, which in approximation is ($10,956,738.00 USD).


I am therefore contacting and arguing with you via this medium to present
yourself as the deceased next of kin so that you can claim the money. I
shall direct you on the channels to follow to make this deal possible
without hitches. And as we execute the deal, I shall apportion to you 30%,
while I reserve 70% to myself


Yours sincerely,
Mr. Hui McDonald Lamar
Branch Manager (UOB)

Anti-fraud resources: