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"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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Martins Olusegun" <potterwing@fastermail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: olu_martin01@mail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:38:04 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr Martins Olusegun,we are a group of business men who deal on raw
materials and export into Europe/America.
We are searching for representatives who can help us astablish a medium
of getting to our costumers in America/Europe as well as making
payments through you to us.If you are interested in transacting
business
with
us we will be very glad.
Please contact us via olu_martin01@mail.com, for more
information.
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our
representative in Europe/America.
Please if you are interested forward to us your phone/fax number and
your full contact addresses.
Thanks,
CEO
Mr.Martins Olusegun



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