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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: "James Collins" <web@voltaspa.it>
Reply-To: cjjccollins@sify.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:30:28 +0800
Subject: MAIL FROM MR. JAMES COLLINS

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. MY NAME IS MR. JAMES COLLINS AND I FORMERLY WORKED WITH OIL MERCHANT IN ANGOLA SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF EXPORTING CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ALSO LIAISE WITH THE NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH A COUNTRY SHORTLISTED EMAIL DIRECTORY. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO SECURE AND CLAIM MY PACKAGE CONTAINING USD12,500,000.00 WHICH I SECURE FROM THE OIL MERCHANT THROUGH THE NATIONAL BANK OF ANGOLA WHICH IS ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED OVERSEAS VIA AN ACCREDITED DIPLOMATIC COURIER AGENT. ALL THE FUNDS IS IN USD100 BILLS BUT THE DIPLOMATIC FIRM DID NOT KNOW THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE PACKAGE.

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME PROVIDE TO ME THE FOLLOW:
YOUR FULL NAMES:
FULL ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER PREFERABLE MOBILE NUMBER:

AT THE END OF THIS TRANSACTION I WILL OFFER YOU 30% FOR YOUR ASSITANCE THAT YOU RENDER TO ME AND ADDITIONAL 2% FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT YOU INCUR DURING THE TRANSACTION AND PLEASE TREAT THIS TRANSACTION AS PRIVA TE AND CONFI DENTIAL.
OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED AS SO ON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME V IA THIS EMAIL (cjjccollins@sify.com) INCLUDING SENDING THE KEYS TO UNLOCK THE PACKAGE TO YOU.

I WAIT YOUR RESPOND

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

JAMES COLLINS


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