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: "Mr.Prince Edwin." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <upsdeliverryteams2011@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:52:16 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND IS READY NOW.

Greetings,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your ATM CARD of ($900,000.00 USD) I did not hear from you since then,so i deposited the CARD with UPS Delivery Service, in West Africa. You have to contact UPS COURIER for the delivery ASAP to avoid reaching the expiring date.

Dispatch Director
Mr.Prince Edwin.
Email Address: upsdeliverryteams2011@gmail.com
Telephone Number: +234 -7025-719-331


Secondly.Kindly provide to this office bellow information

Full Name
Phone Number
Home Address
Age
Occupationac



For your information, The Nigeria Government have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the parcel showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country. The only money you will send to the UPS COURIER SERVICE to delivery your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is ($265.00 US) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.

Regards.
Mr.Prince Edwin.

Anti-fraud resources: