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: "The Senate House" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <larymusa.senate@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 23:11:53 +0100
Subject: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT.

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT (RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT) IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA 14th FLOOR51/55BROAD STREET. DEAR BENEFICIARY, CONGRATULATIONS WE BRING TO YOUR NOTICE!!! THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE HAS CHOSEN YOU BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE AS ONE OF THE FINAL RECIPIENT OF THIS NEW YEAR 2008 PROMOTION CASH GRANT/DONATION, TO CELEBRATE THE 30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATE, WE ARE GIVING OUT A YEARLY DONATION OF THE ATM CARD VALUE IS USD ($500,000.00) FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS TO 7 LUCK RECIPIENTS, AS NEW YEAR PROMOTION FROM THE W.H.O, UN, AND THE EU in ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENABLING ACT PARLIATED.THE ATM GRANT/AID ONLY COLLECT EMAIL ADDRESS OF FINAL RECIPIENT FROM DEFFERENT COUNTRY: UNITED STATS, GREECE, SAUDI ARABIA, EUROPE,ETC.AND WITH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM, WITHOUT THE RECIPIENT APPLYING, YOU EMERGED ONE OF OUR LUCKY BENEFICIARY. YOU ARE TO FILL OUT THE BELOW INFORMATION AND SEND IT BACK TO THE PAYMENT REMMITANCE OFFICE VIA EMAIL CONTACT ADDRESS. WINNING BATCH No :( W-342-8876, U-500-32) FULL NAME: ________________________ RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: ______________ OCCUPATION:_______________________ NATIONALITY:______________________ PRESENT COUNTRY:__________________ AGE: _______________________________ SEX: _______________________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________ FAX NUMBER: _______________________ ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS..... (PAYMENT REMMITANCE OFFICE CONTACT) Mr. Larry Musa E-Mail:mr.larymusa@hotmail.com

Anti-fraud resources: