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: "HomeBusiness Opportunities" <ffasite@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:47:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:


Dear Internet Friend,

Tired of Marketing? Get 100.000 real visitors
http://www.a1ebiz.com/cgi-bin/maxsponder/t.cgi?k=gl_B:5

---
Get $1 Million a month in Google Pay-Per-Click ads Free!
New secret by New York doctor who made $300 million!
http://www.a1ebiz.com/cgi-bin/maxsponder/t.cgi?k=gl_B:6

---
Here's your chance to lay your hot little hands on a system that:
* Increases your traffic by a whopping 927%
* Allows you to generate traffic 24/7 absolutely FREE!
* Makes you kick butt profit in the traffic generation process
Heck, the creators of this system actually generated
over 1.57 unique million visitors to their website!
This system was designed specifically to help you over
the traffic generation dilemma and show you point-blank how to target
hungry net surfers that are interested in what you have to offer...
The days of yanking your hair out trying to figure out how to get
the RIGHT PEOPLE to come to your website or see your products are over.
Highly recommended!
http://www.a1ebiz.com/cgi-bin/maxsponder/t.cgi?k=gl_B:3


Best regards,
Giedrius












ADV. eMail sent to by account gl_B using:
A1eBiz Solutions Inc., 241 Yolane Dr., Sugar Grove, IL 60554, USA

To cease further mailings, use either link below:

http://www.a1ebiz.com/cgi-bin/maxsponder/maxuseradmin.cgi?function=manualdelete3&email=bixnfleisch@joewein.net&un=gl_B

http://www.A1eBiz.com/maxsponder/globalremove.html

Anti-fraud resources: