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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: false <c-klein1@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: andersonhenry3@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:47:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: UNITED POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE


Attn: My Good Friend,

Good day, how are you today?
I  write to inform you of your confirmable bank cheque draft  of $2.8m Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars. I went to the bank to confirm if the date of expering for the cheque draft.I find out that it is geting near for the dead line date so I contacted Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of Financial Trust Bank who told me that before the cheque will get to your hand that it will not be valid anymore. So I told him to cash the $2.8mUSD UNITED state dollars to cash payment to avoid loosing your funds.
However, all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $2.8m USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS in cash was made with UPS COURIER COMPANY LTD here in Cotonou Benin Republic,Mr.Ahmed Zafa the Director of
 
Financial Trust Bank Cotonou have to package the sum of $2.8M USD in cash for me. Then he also agreed to help me to Register the Consignment with UPS COURIER COMPANY.Infact I thank God for all the movement I made, every thing goes normally.As for our agreement with the UPS COURIER COMPANY they promised that your consignment will leave this Country this week,But the Director of the UPS COURIER COMPANY  said that they need your contacts informations to enable them meet up with you immediately the Agent arrived to your Country.Please write a letter of application to the given address below.
 
SIR FEDERICK SANCHEZ
Tel; +229 997 114 82
Email: ups_headoffic@qatar.io
Please, Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrive in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you,
 
Your Full Name ===============
Your Home Address=============
Your corrent Numbers==========
Your Cel Numbers==============
You personal adentification===
REGISTRATION NUMBER OF YOUR PACKAGE IS (#MT10567)
 
Please make sure you send this needed information to the Director general of  UPS COURIER COMPANY,SIR FEDERICK SANCHEZ with the address given to you. Note.The UPS COURIER COMPANY don't know the contentsof the Box. I registered it as family value ables and treasure They don't know it contents money.this is to avoid delay during the delivering of the BOX. don't let them know that is money that is in that Box.
 I am waiting for your urgent response. You can even call the Director of UPS COURIER COMPANY .
Thanks and Remain Blessed,
Best Regards,
Hon,Jesse  Manna {ESQ}



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