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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: promyos shawanasak <pmshawanasak@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:01:06 +0100
Subject: greetings

Greetings!

How are you and your family? Hope everyone is doing well. Please excuse my
intrusion into your privacy without your prior notice.

My name is Mr. Promyos Shawanasak, I am a branch manager of Ghana
Commercial Bank. I got your contact when I was searching for an overseas
partner to assist me. I write you this mail in good faith. I am 45 years
old, married with children.

I have packaged a transaction that will benefit you and I, as the branch
manager it is my duty to send a report to my head office at the end of each
year,on the course of last two years 2022 report, I discovered my branch in
which I the manager made Eight Million United State Dollars which my head
office is not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have deposited this fund on what we call (Escrow Call Account) without a
beneficiary. As the branch manager of this bank I cannot be directly
connected to this money, so my contacting you to this transaction is to
assist me receive this fund in your bank account and get 30% of the total
fund as your own share.

If you agree to assist me, I will immediately program your full information
in the computer system herein my own branch as an account owner in Ghana
Commercial Bank. It will be a bank to bank transfer and all I need from you
is to stand and claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the
deposit in my branch so that my head office will immediately order the
transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. There is no
risk attack.contact me for more details.Thank you in advance as you
co-operate with me and God bless you.

Yours truly
Mr. Promyos

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