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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:51:59 -0400
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal


Attention


I am. Sabrina Seranno Rodriguez, Secretary to Mr. Paul Wolfenden of ABN AMRO BANK 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA . My Boss has a business proposal for your

consideration and acceptance from my bank valued at GBP£21,000,000.00 (Twenty-One Million Pounds Sterling) from my Branch. You are by this note advice to

contact him through his private email for more information concerning this letter:


Mr. Paul Wolfenden
Email Contact:pwolf@mail2uk.com
TEL: +44-702-402-7879



Your response is highly anticipated.

Sincerely,

Sabrina Serrano Rodriguez




Anti-fraud resources: