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: enochsika1@sohu.com
Reply-To: mr_enochsika4@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:06:27 GMT
Subject: REQUESTING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSFER PLEASE REPLY!!!

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Anti-fraud resources: