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: "VISA PREPAID ATM CARD LOGISTICS UNIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jude.uwe@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:41:52 -0700
Subject: VISA PREPAID ATM CARD LOGISTICS UNIT

DR.CHARLES OFOR
VISA PREPAID ATM CARD LOGISTICS UNIT,
Tel: +234-703-795-0542.
EMAIL : charlesofor@e-mail.ua
 
Attn:
 
This is to officially inform you that your ( VISA PREPAID ATM CARD NUMBER :
( 4225-8422-0661-2760) has been accredited in your favor.
 
Your Personal Identification Number is I663. YOUR VISA PREPAID ATM CARD
Value is US$5,500,000.00. You are to be withdrawing $5,100 per day in any
ATM machine in any part of the world.
 
You are advised to contact me with the following information's: Your Names,
Address,Phone number , Age,Sex, and Occupation.
 
You can also call me on my cell phone number
+234-703-070-6514, for more information.Note that the pin code to activate
YOUR VISA PREPAID ATM CARD can only be given out as soon as
you send the activation fee of only $70  by WESTERN UNION to:
 
NAME===== TEMPLE SOROIBE
ADDRESS===== LAGOS, NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION==== WHAT
ANSWER==== FOR
AMOUNT TO SEND: $70
MTCN==========?
 
Thank you,
DR.CHARLES OFOR
VISA PREPAID ATM CARD LOGISTICS UNIT,
Tel: +234-703-795-0542

Anti-fraud resources: