|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- janekempson@sify.com (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: annonce <annonce@idm.net.lb>
Reply-To: janekempson@sify.com
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:59:26 -0700
Subject:
Anglocapital Finance Groups
1 Cranmer Street, Nottingham NG10 1NJ United Kingdom
Dear Sirs,
We are a Management Company based in the United Kingdom and have our
parent company in Hong Kong. The market is slowly restarting and business
is picking up slowly but surely. We have something to offer to you. Please
do let us know your interest .
If you have plans to :-
1.Expand your business
2.Offer franchises in other areas of the Gulf
3.Sell your business
4.Get funds for your business for current operations or for expansion
5.If you are looking for investor partners
Please do get in touch with us by email on janekempson@sify.com and we
could meet and discuss the way forward. We have interested
investors,partners , funders, venture capitalists who may be interested .
We will keep this totally confidential .
Anglocapital Finance Groups.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
