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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: "Rev. Mark David." <madeleinesheila.2011@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlcourierbenin11@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:39:46 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Dear Friend,




Dear Friend,
We want to bring to your notice that we  have paid the delivery fee for your consignment box. All the necessary arrangement   has been done
Your $1.400.000.00 USD In cash was deposited in our company DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY.
 
CONTACT Rev. MARK DAVID
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DHL
BENIN REPUBLIC.
EMAIL:( dhlcourierbenin11@hotmail.com )
Tel: +229-98249875
Send to them your contacts informations as it was mentioned bellow to enable them locate you.
 
YOUR NAME.
HOME ADDRESS.
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY.
SEX AND YOUR ID.
 
Note:Our diplomatic Agent don't know the content in that Box.They dont know that the
box contains money, for we registered  it as a Box of PRECIOUS VALUABLE; tag no:0057624.
 
So dont reveal to them what was  inside so that they will not think otherwise
Best Regard From
Rev. Mark David.



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