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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: nuhu RIBADU <ribadu002_efcc@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:23:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: HELLO


Good Day,
I am Mr Nuhu Ribadu,the chairman of the economic and financials crimes commission of Nigeria.
I have been informed that you have been swindled of some money by some Nigerians claiming that they have one business proposal or the other.
The Nigerian government in collaboration with the efcc has set up a high panel to look into all the affected cases and remmit your funds back to you as soon as possible.
We shall be needing the following informations
1)YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
3)THE AMOUNT INVOLVED AND ANY OTHER DETAILS ATTACHED WITH THE PAYMENTS.
Endeavour to treat this as a very ugent matter.
Regards
Nuhu Ribadu




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