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: "john mba" <johnmba40@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marc.george01@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:04:02 +0100
Subject: I WAS PLEASED WITH YOUR EARLIER ASSISTANT


Dear Friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred with the help of a new partner from Ukraine, I want you to
contact my secretary on the below information his name is Mr.Marc George,
email:marc.george01@gmail.com <email%3Amarc.george01@gmail.com> ask him to
send you the total sum of (£850,000.00GBP) eight hundred fifty thousand
pounds in a certificate bank draft, which I kept for your compensation.

Contact Mr. Marc George.
email;(marc.george01@gmail.com)

Therefore I gave him the sum of $100 to register the draft with a courier
service that will deliver it to you, so you can contact him now and give him
your full information to send the certificate bank draft to you. Do not fail
to update me as soon as you receive it, so we can share the joy together.I
gave him the CODE
555, which you have to mention for identification.

Best Regards
Prince John Mba

Anti-fraud resources: