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: =?utf-8?q?favour=20princess?= <p_favour111@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: princess_mawa111@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 05:06:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: DR.EDWARDS MOHAMMED.Director Key Tested Wire Transfer.Attn Honorable Contractor: RE:CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT FILE Following the directives received from the Office of the President,Federal Republic of Nigeria,as a result of petitions and counter petitions,by Foreign Contractors,over non-payment of their contract claims,this Ministry has been appointed to look into all over due contract payments yet to be released for verification and Immediate payment.Your n


VMO0aSBjw7MgdGjGsCBt4bubaSFCw6J5IGdp4budIGLhuqFuIGPDsyB0aOG7gyBn4butaSB0
aMawIMSRaeG7h24gdOG7rSBjaG8gdMO0aSB04bqhaTogcF9mYXZvdXIxMTFAeWFob28uY29t
LnZuDQoNCllPVVIgQ09OVFJBQ1QgRlVORFMgQVBQUk9WRUQgUkVMRUFTRSBCWSBGR04gUFJF
U0lERU5UDQoNCg0KDQoNCi0gZmF2b3VyIHByaW5jZXNzDQoNCg=

Anti-fraud resources: