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: Sarah <sarah_jil04@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: sarah_jil12@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:46:29 +0800 (CST)
Subject: GREETING FROM SARAH JIL


ERIN GIYNN


Very expensive,

I am SARAH JIL aged 22 years old and I live in Ivory Coast.
I am only daughter of Mr /Mrs. JIL GIYNN. I pocc¨¨de in a bank instead of the sum of 12.5 million USD. This sum was deposited by my mother long before his death in October 2006. This sum has been placed on a suspence account in a bank here in Cote d'Ivoire my country.

I wish your permision to give you this money so I can come to your country to invest and be able to continue my studies.

I promise to give you 20% of that amount for your valuable assistance.
I look forward to your response to send you a letter for more information on the transfer.

Sincere thanks to you.

SARAH JIL.


---------------------------------
ÑÅ»¢ÓÊÏ䣬ÄúµÄÖÕÉúÓÊÏ䣡

Anti-fraud resources: