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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: SMITH ADAMS <smith1970sm1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:35:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: SUCCESS AT LAST REWARD


Attention Beneficary..

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co operation of a new partner from switzerland. Presently I'm in switzerland for investment projects with my own share . meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it later failed us some how .

Contact my secretary David Mac contact him on his email address(infomac_david@yahoo.com ) ask him to send you the total $650,000 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel alright and get in touched with my secretary David Mac and convince him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the tremendious atmospheric nature of success together after all. For this moment, I am very busy here in switzerland because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand, finally, I had forwarded instruction to My secretary to send the money as soon as possible.
SEND HIM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO PROVE YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON THAT OWN THE SAID AMOUNT.
YOUR FULL NAME;...............................
YOUR ADDRESS:.................................
YOUR COUNTRY:.................................
YOUR AGE:.........................................
YOUR OCCUPATION:.............................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:.........................
Yours sincerely
SMITH ADAMS



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