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: mymother98_676 <mymother98_676@libero.it>
Reply-To: favourmatine@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 10:42:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: HI

Favorecer
Saludo a mi nuevo amigo,
¿Cómo está usted y cómo es su trabajo? Espero que todo está bien con usted,
Mi nombre es Miss (favor) sé que usted puede ser sorprendido cómo me TEXTO su
correo electrónico,
conseguí su email hoy en día cuando yo estaba navegando en busca de una pareja
honesta, entonces me siento a dejar esto cuantas líneas a usted, y me gustaría
que me contacten de nuevo a través de mi dirección de correo electrónico para
que podamos conocernos e intercambiar nuestras imágenes y podemos llegar a ser
socio. Recuerde que la distancia no importa lo que importa es el amor que
compartimos con los demás, estoy a la espera de oír de usted pronto. tener un
buen día. Saludos cordiales
(favourmatine@yahoo.com)

Favour
Greeting to my new friend,
How are you and how is your work? i hope that all is well with you,
My name is miss(favour)i know that you may be surprise how i text your email,
i got your Email today when i was browsing looking for a honest partner, then
i feel to drop this few line to you , and i will like you to contact me back
through my email address so that we can know each other and exchange our
pictures, and we may become partner. Remember the distance does not matter what
matters is the love we share with each other,i am waiting to hear from you
soon. have a nice day. Best Regards
(favourmatine@yahoo.com)

Anti-fraud resources: