joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Maxim Favour Okolie" <maximfavourd2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:17:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: May God Bless You


My Dear cathy,

It's very unfortunately that scaners could not let people know whom to deal with
or rather trust upon, most people has made the internet a source of sustainance
by stealing from others. not knowing that oneday a book will be open and another
book will also be open which is the book of life, anyone whose name is not found in
the book of life shall be cast into the lake of fire.i pray we end up our life in the right
hand of our lord jesus christ, Amen. Note: that i have not subjected myself to defroud
anybody, or cause a pain. i know it will be a little difficult for you to believe that i am
not and never will i be one of those frouders. actually i got your e-mail through the internet directory and i decided to approach you and tell you what i am planning to do. but before i can proceed, if you are willing to handle this transaction, i dont mind to know more about you, most especially the level and your seriousness in God. Thank you and God Bless as i await for your prompt responed.
Best
Regard.
Maxim Favour.

I have beilive in myself that zeagy marley is a very important personallity and well
known in the world. I think he is in the right position to handle this legal transaction.
I was unable to reply you the mail you sent to me because i took a trip to malaysia,
regarding the first transfer we carrid out, actually we cleared the consignment successfully but the percentage that was demanded by the account owner was far
off from what we discuse earlier before the transaction, so we decided to drop him
and look for somebody with dignity and love for humanity. i believe we hear from you
soon. thanks


---------------------------------
Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal

Anti-fraud resources: