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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "info@info.com" <esmarbydgoszcz@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: morgan.perterson1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:43:16 +0000
Subject: RE: Attention

Dear Friend,

My Name is Morgan Peterson. I am a Banker by profession with experience of over 17 years now.

However, my reason for contacting you is purely on discrete business deal, to transfer an abandoned fund value at USD18.(Eighteen Five Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) to your foreign account.

This fund has been lying unclaimed since 13 years in our finance bank. if you are willing and intrested, kindly get back to me with underlisted information's for more details.


YOUR COMPLETE FULL NAME:......

YOUR COMPLETE HOUSE ADDRESS:.....

YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE:.......

HOME TELEPHONE: .........

MOBILE:.......

WORKING OR OFFICE TELEPHONE:.....

OCCUPATION:..............

AGE.........

GENDER.........

Thanks

Mr. Morgan Peterson.


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