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: wilfredroland06@gmail.com
Reply-To: michaelgeorgem760@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 03:30:11 +0100
Subject: Congratulation You Won!!!

Congratulation You Won!!!
WHO in collaboration with Lucky for Life Lottery Program, wishes to inform you that you have emerged the winner of €650,000.00 [Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only} .This is an E-mail free-ticket draw; E-mail addresses were selected randomly from a database of active internet users, from which your Email address came out as the winning coupon. Be informed that you did not enter or buy the ticket to earn you this prize.
Please kindly contact our authorized claim agent [Dr.Micheal George.} with your winning numbers: VISA-RBS--08-16-20 to claim your funds on this EMAIL: luckyforlife02@gmail.com.

Kind Regards,

Mr Wilfred Roland.

--
El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electrónico en busca de virus.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Anti-fraud resources: