|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Simon Dornoo <simondornoo20@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: s.dornoo35@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 02:44:48 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Can you please confirm if you are still using this email address.
Can you please confirm if you are still using this email address.
There is information I think might interest you.I am Mr. Simon Dornoo,
the new Information and Data-base Analyst of the Treasury/Payment
Investigation Department, Barclay's Bank of Accra Ghana. I do not know
if I am talking to the right person, But I will be pleased if you will
assure me that you are the real owner of this email ID. As i do not
give this Information to the wrong person?
Because Already I have your name and details in our file in the
office: but somehow I am not comfortable and too sure that I am
communicating with the right owner of this email.If you can prove that
you are the owner of this email ID, I will furnish you with the
information that I have found about you when I am convinced I am
talking to the right person.
I am taking this preventive measure because I do not want to talk to
the wrong person because of the sensitivity of the information
regarding the issue.Other details will be forwarded to you as soon as
I am convinced that I am communicating with the right person.
Regards
Mr. Simon Dornoo.
Barclay's Bank
|
Anti-fraud resources:
