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: "Dr Craig Woods" <sarah@metroelectricinc.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:17:53 -0800
Subject: From Dr Craig Woods UK


Hi Im Dr Craig Woods from United Kingdom,A medical

doctor with the University college hospital

London,please I have a confidential funds transfer for

an investment, into real estate business or any other

profitable business that you may have a perfect Ideal

the total sum of the funds is about $68.4 million usd

united states dollars deposited in this bank.

Nat west Bank Plc
Head of Foreign Operation
12 Throgmorton Avenue
Drapers Gardens
London EC2N 2DL
United Kingdom
Email:info.natwest@dr.com
info.larryrknatwestbank@accountant.com
Telephone:(+44)7031929615.

Please get back for details.
Dr Craig Woods

Please make your response to this email address for my conveniences response.
medicarewoods@yandex.com
drcraig@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: