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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: <globalbasiccourierservice@ubbi.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:49:00 -0300
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE:=20Re:=20VERY=20VERY=20URGENT.?=

Attn: Mr. Steve,

Now that the Consignment is in your Country and yet to get to your destination, what do you want to do, and how do you want it? I am asking this because the Diplomat does not live in your Consignment and he is over staying there without you making any effort to claim your Consignment.

Looking forward to hearing from you on the the next step to take.

Mr. Duke Harrison.


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