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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: <cole1@yopolis.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:48:25 -0500
Subject: mail from Batman

Attn sir,

I am Mr. Batman cole the manager of Prudent bank, Mr Haryanto Tomo from
indonesia deposited the sum of U$10million in our bank, right now he is
one of the viticms of the tsunami in asia that kill thousands.

Sir, if you are willing to receive this money in your account as his
next of kin, as i have tried all possible best in geting any of his relatives through the telephone number he gave me (62853700612) call me on +23480 33127410 or email me on:
batmancole4@katamail.com the sharing of the money between you and I
will not be the problem.

Thanks
Batman Cole



______________________________________
Try Yopolis Mail for free!
Sign up for your free Web-Based or POP3 email account with 50MB of space.
No Ads, No Pop-Ups, No Banners, More Space....
Go to http://www.yopolis.com then click on the Webmail link!
Enjoy other features such as Auto Responders, Mail Forwarding, Aliases plus more.

Anti-fraud resources: