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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: "allan davis" <allandavis@associate-financee.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:56:58 +0000
Subject: U.P.S COURIERWANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU FAST

UPS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
55 ISLAND PARKWAY, NE
VICTORIA, GA 30328
LAGOS ,NIGERIA.
PRIVATE EMAIL:allandavis@associate-financee.com


DEAR SIR/MA,


THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT IT WAS
OUT OF MY DESIRE TO SHARE THIS MUTUAL PROPOSAL WITH
YOU, I GOT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS THROUGH THE CHAMBERS
OF COMMERCE HERE IN NIGERIA.


MY NAME IS MR.ALLAN DEVIS .A GENERAL SECRETARY
IN [U.P.S] COURRIER SERVICE COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA.
THERE IS A PARCEL SHIPMENT CONTAINING A MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STATED BY
OUR COMPUTER OPERATOR BEING PARCELLED WITH ONE BIG BOX FROM NIGERIA TO
SANTIAGO CHILE SOUTH AMERICA BEFORE IT WAS SIZED BY OUR U..P.S COMPANY HERE
IN UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, EVER SINCE THEN THE PARCEL HAS BEEN IN OUR
COMPANY OF KNOW BENEFICIARY BEFORE I MADE I CONTACT WITH THE COMPUTER
OPERATOR OF U.P.S IN OUR COMPANY [MR, HARRISON MARK] AND HE AGREED TO CHANGE
THE RECEIVES NAME AND ADDRESS OF THAT SHIPMENT TO YOUR NAME AND ALSO ALLOWED
THE SHIPMENT TO MOVE TO YOUR ADDRESS BUT BEFOR THAT WE MAKE THE CHANGE OF
THE ADDRESS WE WANT YOU TO ASSURE US THAT YOU WILL MANTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF
TRUST AND HONESTY WHEN YOU RECIEVE THE MONEY FROM THE [GLOBAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK] WHERE WE HAVE DEPOSITED THE FUND.


HOWEVER,THE SENDER OF THE SHIPMENT MR WALTER WILLS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE WE DONT SEND MONEY, CHEQUES, DRUGS E.T.C. YOU CAN
TRACK THE SHIPMENT ON THIS NUMBER FOR MORE INFORMATIONS [M1029288807] WITH
OUR COMPANY WEBSITE FOR MORE VERIFICATIONS ON www.ups.com.


SEND US THESE INFORMATIONS FAST SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE [GLOBAL
FINANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK WHERE WE HAVE DEPOSITED THE MONEY.

[1]YOUR FULL NAME
[2]HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS
[3]FULL PHONE NUMBER
[4]PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS.

WE AWAIT TO HERE FROM YOU FAST.

THANKS,

MR ALLAN DAVIS.


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