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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: mike benjamine <mikebee_19@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO MR AMARJIT


MY DEAR,VICTIMNAME,
thanks for your notification,well i really want you to trust me ok,
and i also want you to assure me that you are going to be honest to me in this transaction which we are going into.
as a matter of fact iam a God fearing personal i will want you to be rest assured that something good will come out of this transaction ok,
but bear in mind that as iam still active in service i will want you to keep all our transaction details very confidential,
i wait to hear from you soonest so we can procide on the transaction,as every thing about the transaction have been taking care right now,
THANK YOU & God bless you also my regards to your family.
Yours Faithfully,
MR Mike Ben.


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