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: =?UTF-8?Q?Microsoft=C2=AE_Award_Team?= <guido.citernesi@fastwebnet.it>
Reply-To: macdonaldray@admin.in.th
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:06:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: Ref: BTD/968/11 Batch: 409978E

MICROSOFT® AWARD PROMOTION DEPARTMENT.
10 Great Pulteney Street,
London,W1F 9NB United Kingdom.


You are among five others selected winners under draws 6+J promo program special
ly organized by the Microsoft Award Department.Your e-mail address was attach t
o the ticket number 008995727495 in the RandomComputer Selection System (RCSS)
.
However your email flagged out the lucky numbers 14-21-25-40-40-47(21) and won
you the sum of £652,000.00 Pounds in certified cheque credited to File No:SBTD/9
0
80648302/011

You are to reply back with the below required information to enable our Fiduci
ary agent Mr.McDonald Ray file for your claim Processing.

Full names....
Address...
Age...
Occupation...
Sex....
Telephone:

Congratulations from the entire member of the Microsoft Promotion Award team.

Sincerely,
Dr.Maryln Llyod
Head Customer care Service.
Microsoft Promotion Award Team.


Anti-fraud resources: