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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: GLOBAL TRUST <global_trust_sec2005@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:35:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GET BACK TO US



We are in receipt of your message which sounds very embarrassing by the question you asked whether this is a spam. We are not clear with your statement that you don't want to be scammed again. Note that we do not involve in any form of illegality. We are a security and vault company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Please, furnish us with your details such as telephone number and address and be rest assured that this is not a scam.

Kindly get back to us as soon as possible in rest of the above,.

Best regards

Chris Themba Ene


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