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: "ritajohnson@terra.es" <ritajohnson@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:46:18 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR PACKAGE



Good day,


I cashed the check of $1.500 000.00 Million Dollars due to expiry and deposited it with FedEx Express Courier Benin

Branch, so contact the Director
Dr.Paul J Martins
Email(fedexcorierltd@sify.com)
Tel +229 9869-6298


I have paid them for the delivery, the only money you will pay is $105 being the security fee to enable them deliver the
parcel to your given address. Reconfirm your info to them and also ask the director to issue the tracking/airway bill once

you send them the fee
1 your full name
2 Your home address
3 Mobile number


Update me once you receive your package,
Regards
Rita Johnson





Ahora tambi&eacute;n puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el m&oacute;vil.

Inf&oacute;rmate pinchando aqu&iacute;.






Anti-fraud resources: