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: "Delixi Import Export" <delixicompltd4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: yenz_zhao3@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:50:53 +0000
Subject: COMMISSION AGENT NEEDED

Dear Sir/Madam,

A company, Delixi Imports and Exports based in People Republic of
China, is in need of representatives in North America to represent
their interests. The companies act as middleman for some fast growing
companies here in People Republic of China and Asia. We are able to get your
email address with the help of marketing research based on your
location in North America. Due to bureaucracy to get the branch of the
company
registered in America, the representatives are needed.

The representatives will act as our receiving payment agents and
meeting with customers sometimes in North America. Also they will help
to pay from available funds to some the parts suppliers in North America. We
are ready to compensate you with between 7% and 15% for your service.
We guarantee you a minimum of $2,500 monthly part time and can reach
$20,000 based on our volume and your experience and time you are with
us. This will depend on experience and the time you have been with us. Due
to bureaucracy to get a branch of our company registered in North America,
we therefore solicit your interest to be one of our representatives in
North America.

We desire about 6-8 individuals for this position spread over North
America and also those that can travel. But this is flexible. If you
are interested, for more information please send reply to
yenz_zhao3@yahoo.com.cn
Thank you.

Yenz Zhao
Marketing

_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free!
http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb


Anti-fraud resources: