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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: "Mr. NUHU RIBADO" <economicandfinancialcrimenig1000@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VICTIMNAME YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED URGENTLY


ECONOMIC AND FINACIAL CRIME COMMISION (EFCC)

Attn: VICTIMNAME,

There are some people we arrested somedays ago, After a search we recovered some documents and the documents we recover from them contains your informations, that is why this office decided to contact you through mail for you to confirm if you are one of their victims. If you are the one that the scams defruaded you better let this office know so that your money can be refunded to you immediately, because we are still investigateing the matter.

This office was set up may last three years to deal with fruardstars by the Federal Goverment of Nigeria through PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION. If you know that you send money to any of them you better let this office know so that your money can be giving to you back.

Please let me know so that you can send all information about them to this office ECONOMIC AND FINACIAL CRIME COMMISION immediatly so that we can recovered your money for you immediatly.

Please for your information never you do any business with them any more, they all fruadstar, becuease all of them have make a confessioner stastement to us that they collected some amount from you. But this office want to know everything from you so that we will know what to do next.

I waiting for your reply.

Mr. Nuhu Ribadu.

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
ECONOMIC AND FINACIAL CRIME COMMISION (EFCC)

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