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: "HON.Dr.Collins Dauda" <esjoan_79@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <hondaudacllins@inMail24.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:50:25 +0100
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED, WRITE ME BACK NOW.

Good day

Top of the day to you and how is business and life with you? I wish to purchase a residential home for my family in your country with all house comforts if available. So if you are capable and willing to secure the above mentioned property as soon as possible, kindly get back to me with your name, address and phone number so that I can tell you what to do about this purchase.

I wait your swift reply.

Regards,

Hon. Dr. Collins Dauda.

NOTE: This purchase must be very confidential because of my position in my country as a Minister.

Anti-fraud resources: