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: "DO NOT BETRAY ME" <zumkin1@myway.com>
Reply-To: mercifulord1@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:31:15 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST










My Dear,I am Government Official here in South Africa.I want to transfer $21mwhich I have discovered, in the course of my duty, in secret,to your country for safekeeping and investmest by your advise andsupervision.I need your assistance. Can you help me hide it there? It is 100% riskfree.I need your assistance.I promised to giveyou 30% for your assistance.Send to me your personalprofile to enable us proceed. I would love you send to me immediatelyand honestly the following for proper introduction;Your full name and address,Your private telephone number,Marrital Status,Your profession and Nationality,On receipt of the above information I WILL be very comfortable toopen up more details and work with you in this project, which shall beof great benefit for you and I.Be confidentially conscious to enable usdraw this transaction to a successful conclusion withoutinterference from any authority.Avoid delay. You can also contact mefor more details on my private email address
mercifulord1@netscape.netBest Regards,Kingsley Zuma



_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Anti-fraud resources: