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: "Mr. Anthony Renard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gt43836@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:08:42 +0300
Subject: From;ATM Department

From;ATM Department
Plot 1607 Adeola Hopewell St.
Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria
Ref:UBNG/200/546

Dear Sir/Madam,

This message is in regard to your your compensation fund sum of US$1,500,000.00.UnitedBank was finally contracted to handle the payment of your compensation fund of the above amount by ATM card. your email contact is amongst the list of beneficiaries in the data for sum of US$1,500,000.00 and we are assigned by the management to carryout delivery of the ATM card package to you.

On this note, you are hereby required to confirm to us your details and current address were you want the ATM card to be delivered to enable us make delivering arrangement of the ATM card package to you at your designated home address. the following are your necessary information required for the delivery of the ATM card package to you.

Send this information to how Department Agent


YOUR FULL NAMES,
YOUR PRESENT ADDRESS
Your phone number.
_______________________________________

Name: Mr Gray Morgan
Email: gt43836@gmail.com
Phone Number:+2347036417019


Upon receipt of this above requirements from you we shall make necessary delivery arrangements and have your ATM card package dispatched to you by the Global courier service whom will deliver it to you at your designated home Address. with the card you can make withdrawals of fund from any part of the world at ATM center near to you.

Best Regards
Mr. Anthony Renard

Anti-fraud resources: